[Cavernous hemangioma of the nasal cavity].
OBJECTIVE
To study the circumstances of diagnosis, imaging techniques and therapeutic management of cavernous hemangioma of the nasal cavity.


METHODS
We report the case of a 60-year-old woman, who presented epistaxis CT scan and nasal obstruction.


RESULTS
Rhinoscopy showed a purplish, regular mass that filled the left nasal cavity. Computed tomographic and MRI images showed the tumor in contact close to the middle turbinate. An arteriography with selective embolization was performed. The lesion was completely removed by endonasal endoscopic surgery. The histological examination showed a cavernous hemangioma of the nasal cavity.


CONCLUSIONS
Even if cavernous hemangiomas are rare, the practitioner must suggest the diagnosis if the patient has a purplish bleeding mass of the nasal cavity. CT scan, MRI, and arteriography can help make the diagnosis. Before surgical management, embolization is recommended.
Bakhos
David
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Service ORL et chirurgie cervicofaciale, hôpital Bretonneau, CHU de Tours, 37000 Tours, France. bakhos_d@med.univ-tours.fr
Lescanne
Emmanuel
E
Legeais
Marc
M
Beutter
Patrice
P
Morinière
Sylvain
S
D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004724:Endoscopy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology