Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2006 May;49(5):568-570.
Lipoma on the Nasal Septum
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University, Seoul, Korea. entalk@kuh.ac.kr
Abstract
- Lipoma rarely occurs in the head and neck region ; it is especially rare to find it in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus probably because there are few normal adipose tissue. There has been only one case of septal lipoma reported so far, and here we report another case. A 31-year-old female visited our hospital with nasal obstruction. In physical examination, we found 2 cm sized round mass covered with normal hyperemic mucosa on the right anterior part of nasal septum. On computed tomography, this was shown as a low density mass. The mass was completely resected via endonasal approach under general anesthesia. The histopathological diagnosis was lipoma. This case was different from the previously reported one in that this one was located at the anterior septal portion of the septum and had a wide base without stalk.
