Anterior septal chondroma.

The cartilaginous tumours of the nasal septum are very rare and almost always arise from the posterior part. Considering the extremely rare occurrence of chondroma arising from anterior part of septum we report such a case. The tumour was well defined, homogenous in appearance and was widely excised through lateral rhinotomy approach. The least accepted traumatic etiology seems to be most appropriate for the oncogenesis in this case. We advocate a thorough histopathological examination of the tumour in to-to in order to appreciate early sarcomatous changes. This report also reviews the relevant literature.