title: [Reconstruction of an extensive endonasal chondromucosal defect with a composite graft].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reconstruction of an endonasal chondromucosal defect without skin defect is a rare event, which involves functional and esthetic outcomes. We report the original use of a composite graft, for the repair of an endonasal chondromucosal defect.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 57-year-old woman presented with extensive tissue loss after the complete resection of an arteriovenous malformation. The excision procedure removed a cartilaginous part of the dome, the lateral crus of the alar cartilage, and the adjacent mucosa. An auricular composite graft allowed for an effective reconstruction, with a very satisfactory result, in a single surgical step.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using an endonasal composite graft has rarely been reported even though there are few alternatives for the reconstruction of an endonasal chondromucosal defect.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, réparatrice et esthétique, hôpital de la Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: moullot.pierre@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moullot
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, réparatrice et esthétique, hôpital de la Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, réparatrice et esthétique, hôpital de la Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bardot
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, réparatrice et esthétique, hôpital de la Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casanova
mesh_terms: D064595:Composite Tissue Allografts / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000637:transplantation
keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Composite graft; Greffe composite; Malformation artérioveineuse; Nez; Nose; Reconstruction