title: Schwannoma of the nasal septum removed with endoscopic surgery.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with a 30-year history of nasal obstruction. She had been treated for paranasal sinusitis at other hospitals and she was referred to our hospital for further examination. Flexible endoscopy revealed a mass in the posterior aspect of the right nasal cavity to the posterior aspect of the left nasal cavity around the posterior edge of the nasal septum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Kimio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D009300:Nasal Septum; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*