| Literature DB >> 23119808 |
T K Hazra1, S K Basu, S Chowdhury, P Deb.
Abstract
A 16 year-old female presented for her cosmetic deformity with a slowly progressing swelling of insidious onset on the upper part of the bridge of the nose slightly towards the left side for 3 year duration. Clinical & radiological examination revealed an intra-osseous tumor of nasal bone. Histopathologically the tumor was a cavernous haemangioma of nasal bone. A follow up study upto 13-year showed no recurrence. A detailed search of world literature is carried out with clinical history & history of trauma. It could that nasal bone haemangioma is separate disease entity. The patients usually seek advise for their cosmetic deformity & sometime for nasal bleeding.Entities:
Keywords: Haemangioma; Nasal bone; Surgical removal
Year: 2001 PMID: 23119808 PMCID: PMC3450678 DOI: 10.1007/BF03028565
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ISSN: 2231-3796