Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: A diagnostic dilemma

Objective@#To report two cases of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma, highlighting the diagnostic challenges involved. @*Methods@# Design: Case Report. Setting: Tertiary Teaching Hospital and Medical School. Patients: Two (2).@*Results@#A 13-year-old boy who presented with epistaxis and a vascular mass on the posterior nasal septum that enhanced on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT), and a 3-year-old boy who presented with dysphagia and mild respiratory difficulty, with a large naso-oropharyngeal mass arising from the soft palate on physical and x-ray examination that could not be corroborated because stridor developed during sedation for CECT, both underwent endoscopic tumor excision. @*Conclusion@#As illustrated in these cases, atypical presentations of extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas can pose a considerable diagnostic and surgical challenge for clinicians.

Giant-cell-reparative granuloma of the maxilla

Six cases of giant-cell-reparative granuloma of the maxilla are presented. There were four female and two male patients. Two female patients had associated mid term pregnancies when first seen. Their clinical features, radiological findings and treatment have been discussed. In two of our patients a partial maxillectomy was carried out whereas in the other four cases, total maxillectomy was performed. All the patients are disease free at a follow-up of 6 months to 13 years, indicating essentially the benign nature of the disease