Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma ‐ A rare case of primary orbital development

Abstract

PURPOSE: To present a rare case of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma invading the ophthalmic orbit. METHODS: The CT scan examination and the ultrasound tomography revealed the existence of a homogeneous solid mass causing distention and erosion of the nasal wall as well as dislocation of the ocular bulbus. RESULT: The patient was operated, the mass was carefully liberated from its synechiae and it was totally excised with its capsule. CONCLUSION: A rare case of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma invading the orbit is presented. The tumor was totally excized and the patient is five years after the operation in good general health without recurrence of the tumor.