Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated in 1841 by maxillectomy

One of the earliest recorded maxillectomy procedures was carried out on a 21-year-old male in University College Hospital, London, in 1841 by Mr. Liston. The case report and operative procedure are given. The gross, radiographic and microscopic features of the resection specimen, which was preserved until the present as a museum specimen, are provided. The tumor is an advanced nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and demonstrates the mode of spread of this lesion when treatment is delayed.