title: Solitary nasal schwannoma clinically presenting as an angiofibroma of the nasopharynx.
abstract: Benign schwannomas of the nasal cavity are rare. When they do occur, their clinical presentation is variable, and some are fairly vascular. We report the case of a 17-year-old boy who presented with epistaxis associated with a unilateral nasal mass that extended into the nasopharynx. The tumor was removed via a transpalatal approach. In most such cases, a clinical diagnosis of angiofibroma is made. In this case, however, histopathologic examination identified the lesion as a schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad-211001, UP, India. sachkachin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Jain
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sachin
authors.forename: Saxena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savyasachi
authors.forename: Jaiswal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritesh
authors.forename: Garg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neha
authors.forename: Himanshu P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed