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    • Rare 105gms tumor removed from Teen’s nasal cavity through scarless endoscopic surgery at Medcare Hospital Sharjah
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    • (Left to Right) Dr. Janakiram T N, Specialist ENT, Medcare Hospital Sharjah, 14-year-old Moroccan teenager, Youssef Masbahi with his mother and Dr. Saied Alhabash, Consultant Otolaryngology, Medcare Hospital Sharjah
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Rare 105gms tumor removed from Teen’s nasal cavity through scarless endoscopic surgery at Medcare Hospital Sharjah

Doctors from Medcare Hospital in Sharjah saved the life of Youssef, who travelled with his parents, after doctors in Morocco and Europe, refused to undertake the complex surgery to remove the tumour weighing 105 gms

Youssef Masbahi, 14-year-old Moroccan teenager suffered from Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) stage 5, a rare tumour which occurs in 1 in 150,000 individuals. Admitted at an advanced stage at the hospital, the tumour had led to partial blindness and severe proptosis or bulging eye. Pioneering intricate scarless endoscopic surgery in…