Vol.97 No.5 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 97 No. 5 May 2004
Hemangiopericytoma of the Nasal Cavity
Hiroshi Kajikawa
(Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
Kazuhiko Nario and Hiroshi Miyahara
(Osaka Prefectural General Hospital)
Hiroaki Fushimi
(Osaka Prefectural General Hospital)
A 57-year-old man complained of left alinasal tumor and nasal obstruction. On nasal examination, a smooth round tumor arising from the vestibule of the nose was found. A similar tumor had been removed from this region at the age of 17 years, and we considered that the nasal tumor had recurred 30 years later. We performed embolization of the tumor feeding artery and resection through a lateral rhinotomy approach. There has been no further recurrence in this case for 1.5 years.
Key words : nasal hemangiopericytoma, embolization, lateral rhinotomy