CONSERVATIVE SURGERY OF THE NASAL SEPTUM

Surgery of the nasal septum and turbinates

The following article presents nasal septum and turbinate surgery. First an overview with special consideration of the anatomical and physiological background is given followed by indications for surgical procedures. Key steps of the gold standard procedure first described by Cottle and common variations are presented. Furthermore, some techniques dealing with special problems of the septumplas...

Leiomyoma of the nasal septum.

Leiomyoma is a benign myogenic tumor that may develop wherever smooth muscle is present. It occurs commonly in the uterus, skin, and gastrointestinal tract and is rare within the nasal cavity. Only three of twenty-four reported cases of sinonasal leiomyoma have been found to originate from the nasal septum. Treatment of choice for these neoplasms is surgical excision. We present two cases of na...

Minimally Invasive Surgery of Chronic Rhinitis, Deviated Nasal Septum, Rhinosinusitis, and Nasal Polyps

Nasal septum extramedullary plasmacytoma.

INTRODUCTION Plasmacytomas are malignant tumors characterized by abnormal monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells. They originate in either bone--solitary osseous plasmacytoma, or in soft tissue--extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP). EMP represents less than 1% of all head and neck malignancies. CASE REPORT We presented a case of EMP of the nasal septum in a 44-year-old male who had progressive...

Schwannoma of the nasal septum: evaluation of unilateral nasal mass.

1 MD (ENT Resident Physician at UNICAMP). 2 MSc in Medicine (MD, ENT (otology fellow at UNICAMP)). 3 MSc in Medical Sciences (MD, ENT at the Otorhinolaryngology Service in the Sumaré State Hospital, ENT-HNS Course, UNICAMP). 4 PhD in Medical Sciences (MD, ENT, Head of the Rhinology Service, ENT-HNS Course, UNICAMP). Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Program University Hospital Medical Schoo...