[The monthly interesting case -- case no. 64. Cavernous hemangioma].
An 89 year old female patient presented with severe epistaxis and nasal congestion on the right side. On endoscopic examination of the nasal cavity a reddish-bluish tumor has been seen that almost completely filled the posterior part of the cavity. In the MRI a highly vasculated tumor was shown. Performing transnasal endoscopic surgery the tumor was completely removed from the nasal cavity. On histopathologic examination the tumor turned out to be a cavernous haemangioma affecting the posterior end of the right turbinate. Cavernous haemangiomas in this region are very rare.
Klinikum Bremen-Mitte gGmbH, Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik, Bremen.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery