title: [Capillary-cavernous hemangioma of the nasal septum].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hemangioma are rare benign vascular tumors. Histologically, there are several types including capillary, cavernous and mixed hemangioma. We present a very rare mixed hemangioma of the nasal septum.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year-old woman consulted for unilateral epistaxis and nasal obstruction. CT scan revealed a tumor filling the rhinopharynx, strongly enhanced after injection of contrast medium. It was pedicled on the posterior and superior nasal septum. Arteriography revealed a vascular blush. Tumor exeresis was performed by paralateronasal approach and endoscopic surgery. The histological examination identified a mixed hemangioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Capillary and cavernous hemangiomas are rare and benign vascular tumors developing in the skin and subcutaneous tissues of the head and neck, and/or oral and nasal mucosa. No mixed hemangioma exclusively involving the nasal septum had been previously reported. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice, providing a favorable prognosis with low risk of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Ibn-Toufail, CHU de Marrakech, Marrakech, Maroc. nouri_orl@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nouri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziad
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rochdi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aderdour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology