## Abstract The potentially fatal complications associated with surgery and radiation therapy in the management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) are analyzed. Quantitative risk factors established from review of the literature suggest a risk of potentially fatal complications of 1 in 3
Risk factors in treatment of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
β Scribed by B.J. Cummings; W.D. Rider
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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## Abstract A 17βyearβold male with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma was found, on preoperative evaluation, to have a normal selective angiogram of the internal and external carotid artery system. Possible explanations for this variant include and atypical blood supply from the vertebral artery
## Abstract Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign neoplasm of the nasopharynx that accounts for 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. Although histologically benign in appearance, JNAs are locally aggressive and destructive, spreading from the nasal cavity to the nasopharynx, para