DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73737 ISSN: 2050-0904

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Mimicking Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma in an Adolescent Ghanaian Male: A Diagnostic Pitfall

Dennis Brempong, Margaret Neizer, Samuel Romeo Hammond, Benedict Takyi

ABSTRACT

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.

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