Two Cases of Angioleiomyoma Arising from the Lateral Nasal Wall

Park, Chan Soon; Cho, Jung Hae; Kim, Sung Won; Park, Yong Jin

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2005;12(1):58-61.
Published online May 31, 2005.

Two Cases of Angioleiomyoma Arising from the Lateral Nasal Wall

Chan Soon Park, Jung Hae Cho, Sung Won Kim, Yong Jin Park

Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, Collage of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. yp@catholic.ac.kr

비강 측벽에 발생한 혈관평활근종 2예

박찬순, 조정해, 김성원, 박용진

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

Abstract

Leiomyomas are benign myogenic tumors most commonly found in the uterus, skin, and gastrointestinal tracts. It was less than 1% occurred in the head and neck area. Especially its incidence in the nasal cavity is more rare. This rarity is partly attributable to the fact that smooth muscle is sparsely present in the nasal cavity apart from the walls of blood vessels. Commonly presented symptoms are frequent epistaxis and nasal obstruction. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Recently we experienced two cases of angioleiomyoma which were found in the lateral wall of nasal cavity, and excisied via alotomy approach.

Key Words: Angioleiomyoma;Nasal cavity;Surgery