JUVENILE NASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA: RADIOLOGIC EVALUATION AND PRE-OPERATIVE EMBOLIZATION

¹Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Sivas, Turkey
²Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sivas, Turkey Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) constitutes less than 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms. It is a histopathologically benign, yet locally agressive, vascular tumor that occurs most frequently in males from 5 to 25 years. Advances in imaging and treatment techniques are now facilitated more accurate staging of this disease. In this study, we present a case of JNA, to whom pre-operative embolization is administered. Keywords : Nasopharynx, angiofibroma, imaging, embolization