Case Report

Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses

10.2399/tao.05.003

  • Abdullah Tafl
  • Recep Yağız
  • Muhsin Koten
  • Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu
  • Fulya Öz Puyan

Received Date: 10.01.2005 Accepted Date: 17.03.2008 Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008;46(4):315-319

We present a rare case of vascular leiomyoma - developed in a 69-year-old man - arising from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Leiomyomas are benign tumors of myogenic origin that may occur wherever smooth muscle is present. They occur most frequently in the stomach and uterus. Leiomyoma of the nose and paranasal sinus is a rare tumor. Treatment of the vascular leiomyoma is surgery.

ÖZET

Paranazal sinüslerden ve nazal kaviteden kaynaklanan vasküler leiomiyomlu nadir bir olgu sunuyoruz. Leiomiyomlar düz kasın bulunduğu herhangi bir yerde olabilen kas kaynaklı selim tümörlerdir. En sıklıkla mide ve uterusta meydana gelir. Burun ve paranazal sinüslerin leiomiyomu nadir bir tümördür. Vasküler leiomiyomda tedavi cerrahidir.

Keywords: Vascular leiomyoma, nasal cavity, paranasal sinus neoplasm.