title: Nasalseptal hematoma/abscess: management and outcome in a tertiary hospital of a developing country.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nasal hematoma/abscess is an uncommon entity, but capable of leading to serious consequences if not handled meticulously, and with urgency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present the management, and outcome of nasal septal hematoma/abscess in a Nigerian tertiary institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive patients diagnosed with nasal septal hematoma/abscess over a 10-year period, treated at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria, were prospectively studied. The processes leading to diagnosis, treatment, and outcome were sequentially evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-three patients (37 males and 16 females), age 5-65 years (with mean age of 23.10 years), were included. Surgical drainage of the hematoma/abscess, intranasal packing with insertion of drain was performed with total resolution of problem in all the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incision and drainage, and intranasal packing with insertion of drain was effective in treating nasal septal hematoma/abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Jones N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Nwosu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Nnadede
keywords: abscess; facial deformity; septal hematoma