Endoscopic nonembolized resection of an extensive sinonasal cavernous hemangioma: A case report and literature review.
Sinonasal hemangiomas, although rare, must be considered in the evaluation of intranasal masses with profuse epistaxis. Although the availability of literature discussing cavernous hemangiomas in this location is limited, there have been no case reports of exclusively soft tissue sinonasal cavernous hemangiomas extending to the anterior skull base (ASB) that were resected purely endoscopically. Here, we describe the successful endoscopic resection of an extensive right sinonasal cavernous hemangioma extending to but not invading the ASB. Although highly vascular, in select cases, these tumors can be successfully resected endoscopically without embolization by experienced endoscopic sinus and skull base surgeons.
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Olga
O
Kovalerchik
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Qasim
Q
Husain
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and.
Neena M
NM
Mirani
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, ; Neurological Surgery, and ; Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
James K
JK
Liu
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, ; Neurological Surgery, and ; Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
Jean Anderson
JA
Eloy
Anterior skull base; benign tumor; cavernous hemangioma; endoscopic endonasal approach; endoscopic skull base surgery; epistaxis; hemangioma; paranasal sinus; sinonasal tumor; skull base tumor