Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Mimicking Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma in an Adolescent Ghanaian Male: A Diagnostic Pitfall
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma can mimic juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in adolescent males on both demographics and imaging; bilateral cavernous sinus involvement and sensorineural hearing loss are atypical for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) and should prompt expedited tissue diagnosis even in settings where biopsy of a presumed vascular tumor is conventionally deferred.
Authors
- Margaret L. Neizer
- Dennis Brempong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9300-8404)
- Samuel Romeo Hammond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2479-2956)
- Benedict Takyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3667-1785)
Institutions
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.73737
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00