Nasal glioma masquerading as a capillary hemangioma.
A female infant was born with a reddish-purple mass situated on the dorsum of the nose and extending onto the left medial canthal region. A presumptive diagnosis of capillary hemangioma was made, and the patient was treated with multiple intralacrimal steroids and cryotherapy without success. A diagnostic incisional biopsy was confirmatory, but erroneous, due to the lack of depth. At 9 months of age, without signs of involution, the mass was removed and a diagnosis of nasal glioma was made.
Levine
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MR
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
Kellis
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Lash
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D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery