title: Primary Extracranial Meningioma as a very Rare Cause of Nasal Mass and Epistaxis in an Elderly.
abstract: Meningioma is known to be an intracranial pathology, but it can also present extracranially. We report a case of a 55-year-old female who presented to the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) emergency with a complaint of epistaxis for 1 day. There was a 7-8years history of self-resolving intermittent epistaxis. Nasal examination revealed a mass from which biopsy was taken. The specimen showed meningioma on histopathological examination. The mass was excised by ENT surgeons through lateral rhinotomy incision. It was confirmed to be a meningioma by final histopathological examination. The patient was discharged on 10thpost-operative day after suture removal under stable condition and was symptom free on regular follow-ups. Worldwide there have been very less number of cases of primary extracranial meningioma causing symptoms of epistaxis, nasal obstruction and a large sinonasal mass in an elderly.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wadhera
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Sharad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hernot
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Madhuri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaintura
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhukar
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dheeraj
keywords: Epistaxis; Meningioma; Nasal obstruction