JUVENILE angiofibroma is an unusual benign, although destructive, tumor of the nasopharynx which rarely presents itself at other sites. Its occurrence within the maxillary sinus with a normal nasopharynx is very rare. We are reporting such a case. To the best of our knowledge this is the seventh such case reported in the literature and the first treated successfully by cryosurgery.
Report of a Case
This 15-year-old Negro boy was admitted to the State University-Kings County Medical Center for the first time April 17, 1967, because of progressively increasing difficulty in breathing through the right nostril for the past two years. During this period a few episodes of epistaxis occurred. Two months prior to admission he noted bilateral nasal obstruction and a mucopurulent rhinorrhea. There was no history of any allergies.Physical examination revealed a well-nourished, well-developed Negro boy who appeared to be his stated age. The secondary sexual characters