title: Benign fibrous histiocytoma of the nasal septum.
abstract: Among the non-epithelial tumours of the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and nasopharynx, fibrous histiocytoma is rarely encountered. A 45 year-old male patient complaining about nasal obstruction and nasal swelling was seen in the hospital ENT department. On examination, there was a mass located on the right anterior part of the nasal septum, about 2 x 1 x 1 cm in size. The pathologic diagnosis was benign fibrous histiocytoma. In this article we discuss the clinical, radiological, histopathological characteristics of fibrous histiocytoma and its differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydm, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erkus
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Odabasi
mesh_terms: D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed