A Case of Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of Nasal Dorsum

Cho, In Ji; Chun, Bum Soo; Heo, Sung Jae; Kim, Jung Soo

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2010;17(2):141-143.
Published online November 30, 2010.

A Case of Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of Nasal Dorsum

In Ji Cho, Bum Soo Chun, Sung Jae Heo, Jung Soo Kim

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. sookim@knu.ac.kr

비배부에 발생한 양성 섬유성 조직구종 1예

조인지, 전범수, 허성재, 김정수

경북대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과교실

Abstract

Fibrous histiocytoma usually develops indiscriminately in skin and any soft tissues of the body. To date, tumors occurring in soft tissues of the head and neck, especially around the nose, have been rarely reported. In most cases, benign fibrous histiocytoma develops as a painless mass lesion and most commonly originates in sun-exposed skin, extremities, and orbital tissue. Recently, we experienced a case of benign fibrous histiocytoma in the nasal dorsum in a 36-year-old woman who complained of a mass in the nasal dorsum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of benign fibrous histiocytoma originating in the nasal dorsum in a Korean.

Key Words: Benign Fibrous histiocytoma;Nose