Chondroid hamartoma presenting as a neonatal nasal mass

Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma: a rare nasal benign tumor

“…[2,17] Symptoms or signs such as difficulties in respiration or nourishment, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, middle ear effusion can be encountered due to tumor size and site. [2,7,8,12,20] Our patient only had nasal stuffiness and epistaxis. He had no neurologic and ophthalmologic symptoms because there was no orbital involvement or intracranial invasion.…”

“…[3][4][5] In the literature, NCMHs are invariably diagnosed in infants or in early childhood. [1,2,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Patients with NCMHs commonly present with an intranasal mass that causes symptoms such as nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea and epistaxis. The symptoms and clinical presentation of the patient are mostly determined by the size and location of tumor.…”

Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma causing sleep-disordered breathing in an infant

“…Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma was first reported by McDermott et al in 1988, so far about 20 cases have been reported in the literature. It presents as an intranasal mass in infants and young children with a male preponderance [5,7,8].…”

“…But depend on tumor size and extension, external approach (midfacial degloving, sublabial, frontal craniotomy, etc.) can be necessary [7].…”

Hamartoma vascular da cavidade nasal: relato de caso

“…1,7,9 . É um tumor de caráter benigno, raramente encontrado na prática otorrinolaringológica 1,7,8,10 , com crescimento auto-limitado, interrompido durante a puberdade 8,10 . Existem poucos casos relatados na literatura internacional, sendo encontrados apenas sete casos em nossa revisão.…”