Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma with no nasal symptoms.
The authors present a case of nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma (NCMH) in an 8-year-old boy with a 4-month history of frontal headache and no symptoms of nasal obstruction, rhinorrhoea or postnasal drip. An ENT examination as well as ophthalmology assessment presented normal results. CT scan showed a lesion involving the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses. The patient had an endoscopic resection of the lesion that was confirmed histologically to be a NCMH. Though NCMH is known to present usually in infants with obstructing nasal mass, an unusual presentation of a patient with throbbing headache without any nasal symptoms is reported here.
Department of Otolaryngology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. uzomefuna@live.ie
Vincent
V
Uzomefuna
Fergal
F
Glynn
John
J
Russell
Michael
M
McDermott
D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed