Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses

We present a rare case of vascular leiomyoma - developed in a 69-year-old man - arising from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Leiomyomas are benign tumors of myogenic origin that may occur wherever smooth muscle is present. They occur most frequently in the stomach and uterus. Leiomyoma of the no...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Tafl, Recep Yağız, Muhsin Koten, Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu, Fulya Öz Puyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2008-12-01
Series:Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access: http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/vascular-leiomyoma-of-the-nasal-cavity-and-the-par/43556
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author Abdullah Tafl
Recep Yağız
Muhsin Koten
Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu
Fulya Öz Puyan
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description We present a rare case of vascular leiomyoma - developed in a 69-year-old man - arising from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Leiomyomas are benign tumors of myogenic origin that may occur wherever smooth muscle is present. They occur most frequently in the stomach and uterus. Leiomyoma of the nose and paranasal sinus is a rare tumor. Treatment of the vascular leiomyoma is surgery.
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spelling doaj.art-7abe02b77b7e40b5bdb60c2e2afe6b8e2023-02-15T16:20:53ZengGalenos YayincilikTurkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology2667-74742008-12-0146431531910.2399/tao.05.00313049054Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinusesAbdullah Tafl0Recep Yağız1Muhsin Koten2Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu3Fulya Öz Puyan4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne Department of Pathology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne We present a rare case of vascular leiomyoma - developed in a 69-year-old man - arising from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Leiomyomas are benign tumors of myogenic origin that may occur wherever smooth muscle is present. They occur most frequently in the stomach and uterus. Leiomyoma of the nose and paranasal sinus is a rare tumor. Treatment of the vascular leiomyoma is surgery. http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/vascular-leiomyoma-of-the-nasal-cavity-and-the-par/43556 vascular leiomyomanasal cavityparanasal sinus neoplasm.
spellingShingle Abdullah Tafl
Recep Yağız
Muhsin Koten
Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu
Fulya Öz Puyan
Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
vascular leiomyoma
nasal cavity
paranasal sinus neoplasm.
title Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
title_full Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
title_fullStr Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
title_full_unstemmed Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
title_short Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
title_sort vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses
topic vascular leiomyoma
nasal cavity
paranasal sinus neoplasm.
url http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/vascular-leiomyoma-of-the-nasal-cavity-and-the-par/43556
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