A Case of Angiomyoma of the Inferior Turbinate

Kim, Yee Hyuk; Youn, Sung Jae; Lee, Yu Jung; Kim, Jung Soo

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2008;15(1):62-64.
Published online May 31, 2008.

A Case of Angiomyoma of the Inferior Turbinate

Yee Hyuk Kim, Sung Jae Youn, Yu Jung Lee, Jung Soo Kim

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

하비갑개에 발생한 혈관평활근종 1예

김이혁, 윤성재, 이유정, 김정수

경북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

Abstract

Vascular leiomyoma (Angiomyoma) is a benign tumor composed of smooth muscle cell and vascular endothelium. Most of them occur at the skin of the lower leg. Cases of vascular leiomyomas developing in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are extremely rare. Most common symptoms are nasal obstruction, epistaxis and nasal pain but none are specific for diagnosis. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice and was used in all cases reported. Local recurrence rate is very low. We experienced a case of vascular leiomyoma in the inferior turbinate of a 70-year-old woman who complained of intermittent epistaxis. The tumor was successfully removed via an endoscopic approach. It displayed the characteristic histological findings of abundant thick-walled blood vessels blending with proliferative smooth muscle tissue.

Key Words: Angiomyoma;Nasal cavity;Turbinate;Nasal obstruction;Epistaxis;Nasal pain