title: Nasal leiomyoma.
abstract: Leiomyoma is a benign tumor showing smooth muscle differentiation. Leiomyoma in the nasal cavity is a rare entity which can present with common nasal symptoms. We report a case of 19 years old male patient with nasal leiomyoma. The patient presented with recurrent episodes of nasal obstruction and epistaxis. On nasoendoscopy, there was a single grayish polypoidal mass in the right middle meatus which bled on touch. CT-scan of nose and paranasal sinus showed homogenous opacity indistinguishable from the right middle turbinate. The mass was excised endoscopically. There is no recurrence a year after the endoscopic excision of the nasal leiomyoma. Nasal leiomyoma carries a good prognosis after complete excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT-HNS, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. doc_urmila@yahoo.com
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gurung
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gurung
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult