Fibrous histiocytoma of the nasal cavity.
The case of a 17-year-old female patient with a polypoid tumor in the right nasal fossa, diagnosed as fibrous histiocytoma and treated by polypectomy and maxillectomy, is reported. It represents a very unusual variety of nasal neoplasm, generally of unpredictable course. The clinical and morphological characteristics of seven previously published additional cases are also reviewed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis