nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
fibroma juvenile nasopharyngis latin

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is sometimes treated by surgery.

Patients with nasopharyngeal angiofibroma usually present with one-sided nasal obstruction and recurrent bleeding.

Intranasal tumors (e.g. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma or nasopharyngeal angiofibroma)

If nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is suspected based on physical exam (a smooth submucosal mass in the posterior nasal cavity), imaging studies such as CT or MRI should be performed.

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (also called juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma) is a histologically benign but locally aggressive vascular tumor that grows in the back of the nasal cavity.