Non-healing granulomas of the nose

Our knowledge and understanding of non-healing granulomas of the nose are from complete. The classification and etiology remain in on-going controversy. This article describes an uncommon case of Wegener's granulomatosis in childhood presenting with granulomatous involvement of the nose and orbit. A review of the literature is made with regard to non-healing granulomatous disease of the nose and some of the controversies in classification are pointed out.