Neurinom der Nasenhaupthöhle

Abstract

A 35 years old male patient presented with serous nasal secretion, relapsing epistaxis and a slowly progredient nasal obstruction. Clinical examination and CT scans showed a tumor occupying the left middle meatus and the whole nasal cavity displosing the nasal septum to the right side. The tumor was resected by a midfacial degloving approach. Histological examination showed a neurinoma. By means of the presented case report and a review of literature, diagnosis and treatment of this rare nasal tumor are discussed.

Inferior Turbinate Schwannoma: Report of a Case

“…Schwannom as of the head and neck are common, but involvement of the nasal cavi ty and paran asal sinuses is rare. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] A case of intrana sal schwa nnom a originating in the inferior turbinate was reported in 1976 ,I and a second case was reported in 200 1. 2 In this article, we describe wh at to the best of our knowledge is only the third case of a schwannoma originating in the inferior turbinate that has been reported in the English-language literature .…”