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Hemangioma infantil (HI) é o tumor vascular mais comum e a neoplasia benigna mais frequente da infância, com maior incidência no sexo feminino e na população branca. Quase 60% dos casos ocorrem em cabeça e pescoço, sendo o tratamento ativo durante a fase proliferativa mais frequentemente indicado, em decorrência dos possíveis problemas funcionais e do potencial desfigurante. Relatamos um caso de paciente com hemangioma infantil involuído de ponta nasal e lábio superior, tratado de forma expectante durante a infância, submetida à correção da deformidade residual com técnicas de rinoplastia, associado à zetaplastia e lipoenxertia do lábio superior com bom resultado e satisfação do paciente.
Infantile hemangioma (IH) is the most common vascular tumor and the most frequent benign neoplasm in childhood, with the highest incidence in females and the white population. Almost 60% of cases occur in the head and neck, and active treatment during the proliferative phase is the most frequently indicated, due to possible functional problems and disfiguring potential. We report a case of a patient with involute infantile hemangioma of the nasal tip and upper lip, treated expectantly during childhood, submitted to residual deformity correction with rhinoplasty techniques, associated with zetaplasty and upper lip grafting with good results and patient satisfaction.
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Humans , Female , Adult , History, 21st Century , Rhinoplasty , Wounds and Injuries , Case Reports , Nose , Nose Diseases , Vascular Neoplasms , Hemangioma , Lip , Rhinoplasty/adverse effects , Rhinoplasty/methods , Wounds and Injuries/surgery , Nose/surgery , Nose/pathology , Nose Diseases/surgery , Nose Diseases/pathology , Vascular Neoplasms/surgery , Vascular Neoplasms/pathology , Hemangioma/surgery , Hemangioma/pathology , Lip/surgery , Lip/pathologySubject(s)
Humans , Male , Adolescent , Turbinates/diagnostic imaging , Nose Diseases/pathology , Nose Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Maxillary Sinus/pathology , Maxillary Sinus/diagnostic imaging , Turbinates/surgery , Turbinates/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Nose Diseases/surgery , Treatment Outcome , Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery , Maxillary Sinus/surgeryABSTRACT
INTRODUÇÃO: Rinofima é uma condição estigmatizante para o indivíduo portador. Descrita desde a época de Hipócrates, a doença, popularmente conhecida como nariz de alcoólatra ou elefantíase nasal, é responsável por gerar uma enorme deformidade no nariz. Oriunda de um processo de hiperplasia e hipertrofia das glândulas sebáceas da região cutânea nasal, associadas à fibrose e dilatação dos vasos sanguíneos e tecido conjuntivo locais. O tratamento cirúrgico é considerado o procedimento de escolha para melhoria estética. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo baseado na análise dos resultados de 11 pacientes, sendo dez homens e uma mulher, submetidos a tratamento do rinofima entre janeiro de 2010 e janeiro de 2016 no serviço de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora e Clínica Plastic Center. RESULTADOS: Dos 11 pacientes operados, um homem de 72 anos apresentou carcinoma basocelular invasor expansivo com margens cirúrgicas comprometidas após análise anatomopatológica da peça cirúrgica, obtendo resultado anatomopatológico de margens livres após reoperação. Outros três pacientes apresentaram hipercromia na região de intervenção durante o pós-operatório imediato, mas obtiveram resultados satisfatórios 6 meses após procedimento. CONCLUSÕES: Apesar dos avanços tecnológicos atuais, a retirada da lesão com bisturi frio e aplicação dos curativos pós-operatórios ainda demonstram ser altamente eficazes quando associadas, proporcionando excelentes resultados estéticos, com baixos índices de complicação e altos índices de satisfação dos pacientes, que em sua maioria obtiveram melhora da qualidade de vida após o procedimento.
INTRODUCTION: The rhinophyma is an extremely stigmatizing condition for a patient. The first descriptions of this disease dates back to the time of Hippocrates, which was popular known as alcoholic nose or nasal elephantiasis is responsible for generating a huge deformity in the nose. This deformity derives from a process of hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands in nasal skin associated with fibrosis and dilated local blood vessels and connective tissue. Surgery is considered the treatment of choice for aesthetic improvement of the injury. METHODS: This was a retrospective study based on analysis of results from 11 patients (10 men and 1 woman) who underwent treatment for rhinophyma between January 2010 to January 2016 at the Plastic Surgery Service of the Teaching Hospital of Federal University of Juiz de Fora and Clinical Plastic Center. RESULTS: Of 11 patients who underwent surgery, a 72-year-old man had basal expansive invasive carcinoma with positive surgical margins after pathological examination of the surgical specimen, however, the patient had pathological free margins after reoperation. Other 3 patients had hypercromy in the intervention region during the immediate postoperative. CONCLUSION: Despite technological advances, the removal of the injury with a cold scalpel technique and the use of postoperative dressings are highly efficient, when combined, provide excellent aesthetic results with low complication rates and high rates of patients' satisfaction, whom mostly had improvement in quality of life after the procedure.
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged, 80 and over , History, 21st Century , Rhinophyma , Nose Diseases , Retrospective Studies , Plastic Surgery Procedures , Rhinophyma/surgery , Rhinophyma/therapy , Nose Diseases/surgery , Nose Diseases/pathology , Nose Diseases/therapy , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methodsABSTRACT
Introdução: Rinofima é uma inflamação crônica dos tecidos do nariz, caracterizada por hipertrofia e hiperplasia progressivas das glândulas sebáceas e do tecido conjuntivo. Determina um aspecto de elefantíase nasal, secundária à congestão dos vasos da derme. Sua etiologia está associada, na maioria dos casos, ao uso abusivo de álcool. É considerada por alguns autores como sendo um estágio avançado de acne rosácea. O artigo tem como objetivo relatar um caso de rinofima, tratado cirurgicamente no Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina com decorticação e eletrocoagulação. Método: Foi realizado revisão de prontuário e registro fotográfico de um caso de rinofima. Resultados: Paciente foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico com evolução favorável. Conclusão: Existem diversos tratamentos para rinofima, sendo que a decorticação e a eletrocoagulação constituem uma excelente opção terapêutica.
Introduction: Rhinophyma is a condition involving chronic inflammation of the nose and is characterized by progressive hypertrophy and hyperplasia of sebaceous glands and connective tissue. Rhinophyma leads to an appearance of nasal elephantiasis, which is caused by the congestion of dermis vessels. Its etiology is mostly associated with alcohol abuse. Rhinophyma is considered by some researchers to be an advanced stage of acne rosacea. Here, we report a case of rhinophyma that was surgically treated with decortication and electrocoagulation at the Plastic Surgery Service of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Methods: A review of medical and photographic records of a case of rhinophyma was conducted. Results: The patient was underwent surgical treatment with favorable outcomes. Conclusion: There are several treatments for rhinophyma, with decortication and electrocoagulation being an excellent therapeutic option.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , History, 21st Century , Rhinophyma , Nose , Nose Deformities, Acquired , Nose Diseases , Plastic Surgery Procedures , Rhinophyma/surgery , Rhinophyma/pathology , Nose/surgery , Nose/growth & development , Nose Deformities, Acquired/surgery , Nose Deformities, Acquired/pathology , Nose Diseases/surgery , Nose Diseases/pathology , Plastic Surgery Procedures/adverse effects , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methodsABSTRACT
Hansen's disease is a chronic infecto-contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The bacillus prefers low-temperature areas and the nose is usually the initial site of lesions. Transmission of the bacilli occurs by nasal and oropharyngeal secretions, and through solutions of continuity of the skin and/or mucosae. Nasal manifestations are found in the later stages of the disease.
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Humans , Male , Aged , Leprosy, Lepromatous/pathology , Nose Deformities, Acquired/pathology , Nose Diseases/pathology , Nose Deformities, Acquired/microbiology , Nose Diseases/microbiology , Mycobacterium lepraeABSTRACT
Mucosal leishmaniasis is a major problem in Latin America but has been rarely noticed in our region. Although there have been a few reports of mucosal involvement especially in the oral cavity from Southwest Iran, yet none have been presented from the Northeast where Leishmania tropica is the major concern. We report a patient with endonasal leishmaniasis due to L. tropica, an extremely rare entity in immunocompetent patients in our region. He presented with a mass in the left nasal vestibule causing a sense of obstruction on the same side, accompanied by occasional rhinorrhea and mild epistaxis. This case exemplifi es the need for considering leishmaniasis as a differential diagnosis for nasal obstruction in this endemic area.
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Adolescent , Biopsy , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Immunocompetence , Leishmania tropica/isolation & purification , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/diagnosis , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/pathology , Male , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/parasitology , Nose Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
The nasopalatine duct cyst (NPDC) is the most common non-odontogenic cyst typically found in middle-aged Caucasian female in Brazil, however the present report describes a case in a 35 year-old black male. NPDC are usually asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally during routine radiological examination. A cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a valuable tool to localize a cyst within the nasopalatine canal. CBCT enables analysis of the dimension of the NPDC, analysis of the involvement of neighboring anatomical structures and assists in treatment planning. The authors at this case highlight the importance of clinical examination with an unbiased view of age, gender and ethnicity.
O cisto do ducto nasopalatino (CDNP) é o mais comum dos cistos não-odontogênicos geralmente encontrado em mulheres brancas de meia idade no Brasil, embora o presente relato descreva um caso em um homem negro de 35 anos de idade. Os CDNP são usualmente assintomáticos e são descobertos acidentalmente durante o exame radiográfico de rotina. A tomografia computadorizada por feixe cônico(TCFC) é uma ferramenta válida para localizar o cisto dentro do canal nasopalatino. A TCFC permite análise da dimensão do CDNP, análise do envolvimento das estruturas anatômicas vizinhas e auxilia no planejamento do tratamento. Os autores neste caso alertam para a importância do exame clinico, com uma visão embasada na idade, gênero e grupo étnico.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Nonodontogenic Cysts/diagnosis , Nonodontogenic Cysts/ethnology , Nonodontogenic Cysts/prevention & control , Cysts/diagnosis , Cysts/ethnology , Cysts/pathology , Cysts/prevention & control , Cysts , Cysts/therapy , Nose Diseases/surgery , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/ethnology , Nose Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
Through iconography, we show a case of keratoacanthoma (KA) on the nasal dorsum at two different stages of evolution (maturation and regression) and its similarity with images of the Mount St. Helens volcano and the Orcus Patera crater. Using these illustrations, we highlight why the crateriform aspect of this tumor is included in its classic clinical description. Moreover, we photographically documented the self-involuting tendency of KA, an aspect that is seldom documented in the literature.
Mediante iconografia, mostramos o caso de um ceratoacantoma (CA) de dorso nasal em duas fases diferentes de evolução (maturação e regressão) e sua semellhança com as imagens do vulcão Monte Santa Helena e da cratera Orcus Patera. Por meio dessas ilustrações, destacamos por que o aspecto crateriforme foi acrescentado à descrição clínica clássica desse tipo de tumor. Além disso, documentamos fotograficamente a tendência autoinvolutiva do CA, o que não se encontra muito documentado na literatura.
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Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Keratoacanthoma/pathology , Metaphor , Nose Diseases/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Documentation , Remission, SpontaneousABSTRACT
Introducción: El estudio histopatológico de muestras obtenidas mediante cirugía endoscópica nasosinusal (CENS) es rutinaria en muchos centros hospitalarios, sin embargo, los reportes de sus resultados y el análisis de su real utilidad clínica son escasos en la literatura publicada. Objetivos: Describir y analizar el estudio de la anatomía patológica obtenida mediante CENS y conocer la correlación entre el diagnóstico clínico y la histopatología. Material y método: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo mediante revisión de fichas clínicas y recolección de datos anatomopatológicos, intervenciones por CENS en el Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Resultados: El mayor porcentaje de los resultados histopatológicos fueron diferentes formas de rinosinusutis crónica (RSC) representando 65,67 por ciento (RSC simple, alérgica, poliposa alérgica y no alérgica). Entre los hallazgos con menor frecuencia destacan: papiloma invertido (4,9(0) por ciento), pólipo antrocoanal (9,31(0) por ciento), rinosinusitis fúngica no invasiva (2,45(0) por ciento) y 7 casos de patología maligna. Con respecto a la correlación clínica e histopatológica, se encontró para RSC una concordancia del 92,15 por ciento, para RSC poliposa del 95,94 por ciento y en pólipos antrocoanales 85,71 por ciento. Conclusiones: La mayoría de los resultados obtenidos fueron distintas formas de inflamación crónica de la mucosa nasosinusal. Se encontró una fuerte correlación entre el diagnóstico clínico y la histopatología, sin embargo, la aparición no excepcional de patología maligna inclina la conducta hacia el uso rutinario de solicitud de biopsia.
Introduction: Histopathological examination of samples obtained by endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is routine in many hospitals, however, results reports and effective analysis of its clinical utility are scarce in the literature. Aim: To describe and analyze the pathological study in ESS. Furthermore, recognize the correlation between histopathology and clinical diagnosis. Material and method: A cross-sectional study by reviewing medical records and collecting data from ESS interventions in the University of Chile Clinical Hospital was performed. Results: Most of the diagnoses were different forms of chronic rinosinusutis (CRS), representing 65.67 percent(simple, allergic and polypoid). Among the most common are unusual findings: inverted papilloma (4.9 percent), antrochoanal polyp (9.31 percent), fungal non-invasive rhinosinusitis (2.45 percent) and 7 cases of malignancy. Clinical and histopathologic correlation found for CRS was 92.15 percent 95.94 percent in nasal polyposis and 85.71percent in antrochoanal polyps. Conclusions: Most of the results were different forms of chronic inflammation of the sinus mucosa. A strong correlation between clinical diagnosis and histopathology was found, however, the onset of not exceptional malignant disease suggest the routine use of biopsy.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Endoscopy/methods , Nose Diseases/surgery , Nose Diseases/pathology , Biopsy , Nose Diseases/epidemiology , Retrospective Studies , Cross-Sectional Studies , Rhinitis/pathology , Sinusitis/pathology , Predictive Value of TestsABSTRACT
Rhinocerebral zygomycosis is the most frequent form of fungal infection caused by members of the Zygomycetes class. A fatal case of rhinocerebral zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus (oryzae) arrhizus with histopathological and mycological diagnosis is reported in a diabetic patient.
Zigomicose rinocerebral é a forma mais frequente das infecções fúngicas causadas por membros da classe Zygomicetes. É relatado um caso fatal de zigomicose rinocerebral por Rhizopus (oryzae) arrhizus com diagnóstico histopatológico e micológico, em paciente diabética.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Brain Diseases/microbiology , Diabetes Complications/microbiology , Nose Diseases/microbiology , Rhizopus/isolation & purification , Zygomycosis/pathology , Brain Diseases/pathology , Diabetes Complications/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Nose Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
During the past two decades, tuberculosis - both pulmonary and extrapulmonary - has re-emerged as a major health problem worldwide. Nasal tuberculosis - either primary or secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis or facial lupus - is rare, but it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nasal granulomas. We describe a case of tuberculosis in an adult male who presented with palatal perforation with vanishing uvula and arch deformity of the palate. The diagnosis was based on histopathology and patient's successful response to antituberculous drug treatment.
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Antitubercular Agents/administration & dosage , Histocytochemistry , Humans , Male , Microscopy , Middle Aged , Nose/microbiology , Nose/pathology , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/drug therapy , Nose Diseases/pathology , Palate/microbiology , Palate/pathology , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/drug therapy , Tuberculosis/pathology , Uvula/pathologyABSTRACT
A rinometria acústica é uma técnica que possibilita a avaliação da geometria nasal pela emissão e captação ondas sonoras na entrada da cavidade nasal, com a mensuração de seu volume em diferentes pontos. A rinometria acústica não depende da cooperação do paciente e consiste em método confiável e reprodutível para a análise do volume nasal de crianças e de adultos.Os testes de provocação nasal (TPN) são bioensaios que tentam reproduzir ou simular diferentes agravos sofridos pela mucosa nasal, em condições padronizadas e reprodutíveis. Os TPN consistem, basicamente, na instilação de concentrações crescentes de agentes capazes de induzir resposta local com o desencadeamento de sintomas (espirros, coriza e prurido) e alterações no fluxo aéreo nasal. TPN são considerados como importante ferramenta para estudo da fisiopatologia de rinopatias crônicas, como a rinite alérgica. Além disso, os TPN também podem ser empregados no seguimento temporal da gravidade da doença e na avaliação de resposta a diversos tratamentos e intervenções. Medidas objetivas devem ser empregadas no seu monitoramento e a rinometria acústica, por suas características, representa uma promissora opção.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/pathology , Nose Diseases/therapy , Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/diagnosis , Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/therapy , Rhinometry, Acoustic , Nasal Provocation Tests/methods , Nasal Provocation Tests , Respiratory Tract Diseases/diagnosis , Respiratory Tract Diseases/therapyABSTRACT
Introdução: O rinoscleroma é uma doença nasal granulomatosa rara, causada pela bactéria klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. O nariz representa a região primária de ocorrência. O linfoma não-Hodgkin nasal é uma rara neoplasia maligna, podendo ser do tipo T ou B. O rinoscleroma e o linfoma nasal não-Hodgkin apresentam como principal sintoma a obstrução nasal, e fazem parte do diagnóstico diferencial das granulomatoses nasais. Objetivo: Relatar a associação de rinoscleroma e linfoma não-Hodgkin nasal em um mesmo paciente, destacando a importância do diagnóstico diferencial das granulomatoses nasais. Relato do Caso: Paciente do sexo feminino, 49 anos, atendida com obstrução nasal progressiva há um mês. A rinoscopia evidenciava lesão aspecto papilomatoso em meato médio esquerdo. A imunohistoquímica confirmou rinoscleroma. A paciente foi corretamente tratada com remissão total da lesão. Dez meses após retornou com mesmos sintomas, mas histologia confirmou linfoma não-Hodgkin. Comentários Finais: Ambas as patologias podem causar sintomas nasais graves e complicações. O diagnóstico precoce possibilita a instituição do tratamento adequado e favorece o prognóstico. O estudo imunohistoquímico foi fundamental para a diferenciação diagnóstica.
Introduction: Rhinoscleroma, a rare nasal granulomatous disease, is caused by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. The nose is the primary occurrence region. Nasal non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare cancer, and could be of T or B type. The rhinoscleroma and the nasal non-Hodgkin lymphoma present with nasal obstruction as the main symptom, and are part of the nasal granulomatosis differential diagnosis. Objective: To report the association of rhinoscleroma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the same patient, by remarking the importance of the nasal granulomatosis' differential diagnosis. Case Report: A forty-nine year old female patient that appeared with a one-month progressive nasal obstruction. Rhinoscopy showed papillomatous feature lesion in left middle meatus. The immunohistochemical analysis confirmed rhinoscleroma. The patient was duly treated with total remission of the lesion. Ten months after, she returned with the same symptoms, but the histologic study confirmed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Final Comments: Both pathologies may cause more severe nasal symptoms and complications. The early diagnostic enables the choice for the right treatment and contributes for the prognosis. The immunohistochemical study was essential for the diagnostic differentiation.
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Humans , Female , Adult , Nose Diseases/pathology , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/physiopathology , Nasal Obstruction/etiology , Rhinoscleroma , ImmunohistochemistryABSTRACT
El linfoma T/NK cutáneo símil hidroa vacciniforme (HV) es un linfoma poco común que afecta principalmente a niños asiáticos e indoamericanos. Se inicia con edema, vesículas, costras y cicatrices de tipo vacciniforme. De evolución prolongada, tiende a agravarse con los años, desfigurando y comprometiendo física y psíquicamente al paciente. Debido a la detección tardía del linfoma, en general el pronóstico de vida de estos pacientes es malo. Se presenta una paciente de 20 años con linfoma NK de tipo nasal, que comenzó a los 13 años con un cuadro de HV de mala evolución. Los autores proponen que en pacientes con HV atípica un tratamiento en etapas tempranas de la enfermedad podría mejorar su pronóstico.
The hydroa-like cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is not a very common lymphoma,children from Asia and indoamericans are mainly aff ected. Theybegin with edema, vesicles, crusts and vacciniform scars with a prolongedevolution increasing through to the years. This illness aff ects the patientsphysically and psychologically because of its disfi guring eff ects.Due to the late detection of the lymphoma, generally the prognosis ofthese patients is poor. A patient of 20 years old, who suff ered of NK-celllymphoma nasal type, is presented. She began with hydroa vacciniformeat the age 13 years old, she developed a T/NK lymphoma and died. Theauthors propose that on patients with atypical hydroa vacciniformes, atreatment in earlier stages could off er a better prognosis (Dermatol Argent2009;15(5):350-353).
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Humans , Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/pathology , Nose/pathology , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , Nose Neoplasms/pathology , Nose Diseases/pathology , Hydroa Vacciniforme/pathology , Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/pathology , Skin/pathologyABSTRACT
Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis [CNPAS] is a recently defined clinical entity that causes airway obstruction in the neonate as a result of narrowing of the nasal pyriform aperture. The pyriform aperture is the narrowest, most anterior portion of the nasal airway, and a slight decrease in its cross sectional area will significantly increase the nasal airway resistance. This entity should be kept in the differential diagnosis of any neonate or infant with signs and symptoms of upper air way obstruction. The CNPAS presents with symptoms of nasal airway obstruction, which are often characterized by episodic apnea and cyclic cynosis
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Humans , Female , Nasal Cavity/abnormalities , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Nose Diseases/pathology , Infant, NewbornABSTRACT
Meningioma é responsável por aproximadamente 20 por cento de todas as neoplasias intracranianas, sendo o segundo tumor mais comum do sistema nervoso central (seguido dos gliomas). Entretanto, meningiomas primários dos seios paranasais são extremamente raros...
Meningiomas account for nearly 20 por cento of all intracranial neoplasms and are the second most common tumors of the central nervous system (following gliomas). However, primary meningiomas of the paranasal sinuses are extremely rare...
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Humans , Female , Adult , Nose Diseases/pathology , Meningioma/diagnosis , Nose Neoplasms/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Meningioma/surgery , Nose Neoplasms/surgery , Nose Neoplasms/pathology , Paranasal Sinuses/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Klestadt's cyst, more commonly known as the nasolabial cyst is an uncommon, non-odontogenic, soft tissue cyst characterized by its extra osseous location in the nasal alar region. Following its description first by Zukuerkandl in 1882, only 267 cases have been found in English literature. A case of nasolabial cyst in a 30-year-old female patient is presented.
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Adult , Cysts/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Nose Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
Sixty consecutive patients having multibacillary leprosy were examined for symptoms of nasal involvement and sinusitis. A complete ENT examination was carried out of all these patients and they were subjected to radiological examination of paranasal sinuses. Radiological abnormalities of maxillary antrum were found in 15 of 20 cases of lepromatous leprosy, 6 of 26 cases of borderline lepromatous and in 14 cases of mid-borderline leprosy. Localized or generalized mucosal thickening was the most common finding, followed by opacity of maxillary antrum. Radiological abnormalities were confirmed by antroscopy, which is the most appropriate technique for making an accurate diagnosis of maxillary antral diseases. Initially, antral involvement may begin with a localized area of mucol erythema, progressing to a typical granuloma formation and ulceration. The antero-inferior part of the antrum was found to be the most commonly affected region.
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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Endoscopy , Female , Granuloma , Humans , Leprosy/pathology , Male , Maxillary Sinus/pathology , Middle Aged , Mucous Membrane/pathology , Nose Diseases/pathology , Sinusitis/pathologyABSTRACT
A nasopalatine duct cyst is that which occurs in or near the incisive canal. A case of nasopalatine duct cyst in a 14-year-old male is reported here.