Carcinomas of the nasal septum

Fourteen new cases of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum are presented. Their inclusion brings the total reported in the literature to 97. Early, confined neoplasms are amenable to cure by surgical excision, external irradiation or radium implants. Prognosis does not correlate with histological grade of the neoplasm but is inversely related to the size of the carcinoma at the time of diagnosis and the presence of metastases.