title: Haemangioma of the nasal bone.
abstract: A 16 year-old female presented for her cosmetic deformity with a slowly progressing swelling of insidious onset on the upper part of the bridge of the nose slightly towards the left side for 3 year duration. Clinical & radiological examination revealed an intra-osseous tumor of nasal bone. Histopathologically the tumor was a cavernous haemangioma of nasal bone. A follow up study upto 13-year showed no recurrence. A detailed search of world literature is carried out with clinical history & history of trauma. It could that nasal bone haemangioma is separate disease entity. The patients usually seek advise for their cosmetic deformity & sometime for nasal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Dept of E.N.T., I P.G.M.E. & R, Calcutta.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hazra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deb
keywords: Haemangioma; Nasal bone; Surgical removal