Perioperative managements of huge lobulated nasopharyngeal angiofibromas with intracranial extensions / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To summarize our experience of successful and failed management in 8 huge lobulated nasopharyngeal angiofibromas with intracranial extensions, and introduce some key points of perioperative treatments.@*METHOD@#Eight male case with an average age of 18 years, were all lobes extending into middle and/or anterior cranial fossa, in which 5 cases revealed blood supply from the internal carotid arteries and 3 cases were reoperated because of recurrence. Preoperatively, the tumor were evaluated by CT, CTA, MRI and/or MRA, and super selective embolization of the feeding arteries were crucial procedures. The combined craniofacial approaches were used to excise these tumors.@*RESULT@#Five cases were removed completely, and 3 cases were removed partly in which 2 were due to serious bleeding caused by lack of DSA technique at that time and 1 were due to neglecting the tumor lobe in the sphenoid sinus of the other side.@*CONCLUSION@#Reasonable perioperative management are very important for control of intra-operative blood loss, complete remodeling of the tumor and avoiding complication.