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Juvenile angiofibroma (JAF) is a highly vascular benign tumor of head and neck, found mainly in adolescent males originated from the superior margin of the sphenopalatine foramen, usually spread to the pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossae (1). Intracranial extension of (JAF) occurs in 20 to 36% of patients and is almost always extradural (2). Tumor extension can occur to the middle cranial fossa and to much lesser extent to anterior cranial fossa. Extension to the middle cranial fossa can occur via the superior and inferior orbital...