A Case of Neurofibroma Presenting as a Nasolabial Mass

Sah, Dae Jin; Kim, Choon Dong; Kim, Yoon Jung; Kim, Seung Woo

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2014;21(1):71-73.
Published online May 31, 2014.

A Case of Neurofibroma Presenting as a Nasolabial Mass

Dae Jin Sah, Choon Dong Kim, Yoon Jung Kim, Seung Woo Kim

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, VHS Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. entzzang1020@daum.net
²Department Pathology, VHS Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

비순부 종물 양상의 신경섬유종 1예

사대진, 김윤정, 김춘동, 김승우

중앙보훈병원 이비인후과¹, 병리과²

Abstract

Neurofibroma is a benign neurogenic tumor thatmost often occurs in the head and neck region. However, a solitary neurofibroma on the nasolabial fold is extremely rare, with only a few reported cases reported in the English literature. A 45-year-old woman with a nasolabial mass visited our department, and we performed an excisional biopsy using asublabial approach. The histopathology of the mass revealed it to be neurofibroma. We report a unique case of neurofibromain thenasolabial region with an associated literature review. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has previouslybeen reported in Korea.

Key Words: Neurofibroma;Nasolabial Fold