CASE REPORT
Year : 2007 | Volume
: 3 | Issue : 2 | Page : 100--101
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated with radiotherapy
MG Janaki, S Nirmala, AG Rajeev
Department of Radiotherapy, MS Ramaiah Teaching Hospital, Gokul, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
M G Janaki
Department of Radiotherapy, MS Ramaiah Medical Teaching Hospital, Gokul, Bangalore - 560 054
India
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
How to cite this article:
Janaki M G, Nirmala S, Rajeev A G. Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated with radiotherapy.J Can Res Ther 2007;3:100-101
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