Nasal lobular capillary hemangiomas are rare and benign tumors of the paranasal sinuses. The aim is to study a case nasal hemangioma. Here, 29-year-old male patient who presented ear, nose throat outpatient department (ENT OPD) with complaints multiple episodes epistaxis left obstruction for past year. After proper radiological, cytological hematological assessment, an excision biopsy from mass...

During the past decade open nasal surgery has been overtaken by endoscopic resection in the management of benign sinonasal tumours in the advanced countries. However, due to limited availability of endoscopic surgical facilities and training in most parts of subSaharan Africa, open surgery still seems popular. This report determines the indications and outcome of open nasal surgery for benign t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the presentation of allergic fungal sinusitis and describe the line of management in our setup. DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Study was conducted in Otorhinolaryngology Department, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2004 to January 2005. PATIENTS AND METHODS Culture and sensitivity / fungal stain proven 20 cases of all...

Objective: To present our experience with 24 patients of Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma who underwent surgical resection. Design: A descriptive study Setting: Department of ENT, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Patients and methods: This study included 24 consecutive cases of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma over a period of 5 years. All patients were admitted. Detailed H...

Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) is rare. We report a case of probable sinonasal NEC in a 73-year-old man who had presented with a history of right nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, and recurrent epistaxis. On examination, a red, friable, gelatinous, polypoid mass with a tendency to bleed was seen in the right nasal cavity. Computed tomography revealed that the lesion was confined to the right ...

Osteomas are benign, slow growing bone tumors often seen in paranasal sinuses, mostly in the frontal sinus, whereas they are rare in the nasal cavity. Inferior turbinate osteoma is extremely rare and our case is the third reported in the literature to date. Symptoms vary depending on the location, size and spreading and nasal obstruction is the most common symptom. Treatment of osteomas is surg...

Cemento-ossifying fibroma is a benign fibroosseous lesion that contains fibrous tissue and calcified tissue resembling bone, cementum or both. It is frequently seen in the mandibula and maxilla, but it may rarely affect the ethmoid sinus. In this report, we presented computed tomography findings of an ossifying fibroma of the ethmoid sinus associated with exophthalmos. A 25-year-old woman prese...

Pleomorphic adenomas originating from the minor salivary glands are rare in the nasal cavity. Total surgical excision is the preferred treatment for pleomorphic adenomas. Lateral rhinotomy, midfacial degloving, transpalatal surgery and endoscopic surgery are among the surgical approaches. Endoscopic tumor removal produces less morbidity, reduces blood loss during surgery, decreases hospital sta...