Cerebrovascular accident secondary to embolization injuvenile nasoangiofibroma: case report

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Rafael Ordoñez García
Mary Eugenia Posada Alvarez
Paola Rincón Sánchez
Lina Tatiana Rodríguez Orjuela

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Introduction: Embolization is an endoluminal procedure of vascular or non-vascular type whose objective is to occlude a vessel to get therapeutic benefit. This procedu­re is performed preoperatively in Juvenile Nasoangiofibroma (NAJ). Clinical case: 17-year-old male with bilateral nasal obstruction and epistaxis of 4 months’ duration. Extension studies were performed, finding NAJ Radkowski IIIC; preoperatively taken to embolization with Polyvinyl Alcohol microparticles under general anesthe­sia and 40 minutes after the end of the procedure, he presented right Fascio-corporal paralysis, immediately activate the code “STROKE”; Angiotac shows an area of decrease in caliber in the Left Middle Cerebral Artery of M3 distal-M4, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with restriction areas at the frontal cortical level, caudate and lenticular nucleus, and parietal cortex; Multidisciplinary management is carried out and to date the patient has no motor or sensory sequelae. Conclusion: It is considered relevant to understand the comprehensive approach required by patients with NAJ.

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Cerebrovascular accident secondary to embolization injuvenile nasoangiofibroma: case report. Acta otorrinolaringol cir cabeza cuello [Internet]. 2026 Feb. 9 [cited 2026 Feb. 10];53(4):351-8. Available from: https://revista.acorl.org.co/index.php/acorl/article/view/763

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