• Occurs in:
Males only
Young
Unilateral
• Type:
Benign tumor, but highly expansive
• Site:
Fossa of Rosenmuller (posterior nasal cavity)
• Biopsy:
can lead to extensive bleeding since the tumor is composed of blood vessels without a muscular coat.
• Treatment:
By surgery. Pre-surgery angiography may allow for embolization, reducing intraoperative blood loss. Patients with tumors that have extended into the cranial cavity or whose tumors can’t be safely reached by surgery may receive radiation therapy. Endoscopy has recently been used in patients with tumors of limited extension that have been pre-operatively embolized.
