비내시경술로 절제된 비인강 혈관섬유종 1례

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma(JNA) is a rare, histologically benign vascular tumor which occurs almost exclusively in adolescent males.

In case of tumor that is confined to the nasal cavity and nasopharynx, the transpalatal approach was thought to be the treatment of choice. But there are complications such as bleeding and postoperative fistula in the transpalatal approach.

Recently the authors experienced a case of JNA whiched was confined to the nasal cavity and nasopharynx. We successfully removed it through endoscope and choanal approach without external incision. Therefore we present it with a review of literatures.