Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated with radiotherapy.

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2007-04-14
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Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a rare, highly vascular, benign, locally aggressive tumor, affecting boys of adolescent age. The aggressiveness and high vascularity makes surgery and even a biopsy difficult in majority of cases. Although surgery is the treatment of choice in early cases, considerable debate exists regarding the treatment of advanced disease with intracranial extension. Radiotherapy provides a good response and also avoids surgery-associated morbidity. We are herewith reporting a case of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma who showed complete hemostasis and improvement in vision to radiotherapy.
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Janaki MG, Nirmala S, Rajeev AG. Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated with radiotherapy. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 2007 Apr-Jun; 3(2): 100-1
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https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/111432
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