Abstract
Angioleiomyomas are infrequent benign tumors originating from smooth muscle cells of arterial or venous walls. They are most commonly seen in the lower extremities with a prevalence of only 8.5% in the head and neck. We present the case of a 40-year-old male patient who presented to Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, with recurrent episodes of right-sided epistaxis. A computed tomography scan showed an enlarged right inferior turbinate filling the right nasal cavity. The mass was removed endoscopically and sent to pathology. A diagnosis of angioleiomyoma of the nasal cavity was made. This location that has only been described in a minority of cases in the literature. Our case report signifies the importance of maintaining a broad differential when dealing with patients presenting with nasal mass and the importance of histopathological examination for the diagnosis.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.5001/omj.2015.60
- Journal
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Specialty Board
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
Varghese, L., Mathew, S., & Vijayakumar, K. (2015). Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis. Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2015.60
MLA 9
Varghese, Lalee, et al. "Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis." Oman Medical Journal, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2015.60.
Chicago (author–date)
Varghese, Lalee, Susana Mathew, and Kavitha Vijayakumar. 2015. "Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis." Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2015.60.
Harvard
Varghese, L., Mathew, S. and Vijayakumar, K. (2015) 'Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis', Oman Medical Journal. doi:10.5001/omj.2015.60.
Vancouver
Varghese L, Mathew S, Vijayakumar K. Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis. Oman Medical Journal. 2015. doi:10.5001/omj.2015.60
IEEE
L. Varghese, S. Mathew, and K. Vijayakumar, "Nasal Angioleiomyoma: An Unusual Cause of Epistaxis," Oman Medical Journal, 2015, doi: 10.5001/omj.2015.60.