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Haemangioma of the nasal bone
T K Hazra1, S K Basu, S Chowdhury
1Dept of E.N.T., I P.G.M.E. & R, Calcutta.
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.
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