Gurugram Doctors successfully remove rare vascular tumour from boy

Gurugram-Doctors at a private hospital in Gurugram recently removed a rare vascular tumour (Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma -- JNA) from the nasal cavity of a 14-year-old boy who was bleeding heavily.

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare tumour that grows in the back of the nasal cavity which results in heavy bleeding, difficulty in breathing and headaches. Its origin and cause is unknown. It is a highly vascular and locally invasive tumour.

These tumours tend to develop in young men between 10 and 25 years of age with a clinical history of nasal obstruction. According to the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurugram, the tumour had arisen from the wall of the nose and had extended to the base of the skull, covering half the face of the patient.

The patient's health started to deteriorate, and he started to bleed for 40 minutes every hour for two days straight. His treatment had already been delayed because of the pandemic. "On presentation, the cause for bleeding was ascertained; it was due to a very vascular benign tumour of the nose which had spread beyond the nose and sinuses."