title: Update on current evaluation and management of pediatric nasal dermoid.
abstract: To review the presentation of congenital pediatric nasal dermoid and present guidelines for its evaluation and management.
  
  
  
  Retrospective chart review from 1970 to 2014 at a tertiary referral children's hospital.
  
  
  
  The medical records of all patients diagnosed with a nasal dermoid during the study period were reviewed for demographics, lesion characteristics, imaging, operative details, and outcomes.
  
  
  
  Ninety-six patients underwent excision of a congenital nasal dermoid during the study period. The mean age at presentation was 3.1 years (range, 0.1-19.3 years). Thirty-four (35%) females and 62 (65%) males were included. The most common presentation was a nasal dorsal mass in 66 (69%) patients. Ninety-two (96%) of the patients underwent preoperative imaging. Seventy-eight (82%) of the patients did not show any clinical or radiographic evidence of intracranial extension preoperatively. Eighty-five (89%) of the patients underwent extracranial excision, and 11 (11%) underwent combined intracranial and extracranial excision. Eight patients (8%) presented with recurrence, on average 3.3 years (range, 1-6 years) after initial excision. Mean follow-up time was 8 years (range, 1-18 years).
  
  
  
  Preoperative imaging of nasal dermoid is crucial to evaluate for intracranial extension, thus facilitating complete removal. Thin section, high-resolution magnetic resonance with contrast provides excellent detail of the extent of the nasal dermoid including intracranial extension. Thin-section high-resolution computed tomography with multiplanar reformatted images provides complimentary information regarding the bone anatomy of the frontonasal region. Surgical strategy is dictated by preoperative imaging and is dependent on the extent of the lesion, but limited facial incisions are preferred.
  
  
  
  4. Laryngoscope, 126:2151-2160, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herrington
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.|Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Eelam
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adil
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perez-Atayde
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.|Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahbar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Nasal dermoid; congenital nasal lesion; nasal obstruction