title: Nasal glioma in a six month old girl.
abstract: Congenital midline frontonasal swellings are rare condition and nasal glioma accounts for 5% of these abnormality. Nasal gliomas are benign tumours results from embryonic developmental error. Although it is a rare tumour but clinically it has some differential diagnoses. Most common are dermoid tumour, nasal glioma and nasal encephalocele. About 15-20% cases nasal glioma have a fibrous stalk that connecting to the central nervous system. Multidisciplinary approach is needed for proper diagnosis and to prevent life threatening intracranial complication. We present a case of nasal glioma in a 6 months old girl presented with a congenital swelling on the left lateral side of the nose with complaints of watering from the eye of same side.
authors.affiliation: Dr AFM Saleh, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Eunus
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Akhanda
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009666:Nose; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome