LATERAL ORBITAL ANTERIOR MIDFACIAL DEGLOVING APPROACH FOR NASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMAS WITH CAVERNOUS SINUS EXTENSION

A case of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma removed through a modified later al approach for an infratemporal fossa resection is reported. This mod ification involved removing the bone of the lateral orbital apex and p osterior middle fossa to expose the dura and periorbita and, when comb ined with a midfacial degloving approach, provided full access to the tumor abutting the cavernous sinus extradurally while preserving middl e ear function.