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Genetic alterations in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas.
Head & neck - 1 Mar 2008
Coutinho-Camillo Cláudia M, Brentani M Mitzi, Nagai Maria A
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign neoplasm of the nasopharynx that accounts for 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. Although histologically benign in appearance, JNAs are locally aggressive and destructive, spreading from the nasal cavity to the nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, and orbit skull base with intracranial extension. The gender selectivity of JNA and the relatively young age at...
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