title: Leiomyoma of the nasal cavity. A case report.
abstract: Most of the sinonasal tumours are of epithelial origin. Smooth muscle tumours are extremely rare, they account for less than 2.5% of the mesenchymal neoplasms of the sinonasal tract and the nasopharynx. Fewer than 30 cases of primary leiomyogenic tumours have been reported in the sinonasal tract with almost an equal frequency of benign and malignant types. We report a case of a rare leiomyoma of the nasal cavity. The pathological and the clinical characteristics of this tumour are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bel Haj Salah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kharrat
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haouet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kchir
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zitouna
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*