Otolaryngology: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Introduction: Leiomyoma are benign tumours witch develop on smooth muscles fibers. The latter are extremely rare at the area of the nasal cavities; they develop at this, level from smooth muscles fibers composing the vascular walls. Case report: We report the case of a patient aged 59 years, who has high blood pressure, with whom the diagnosis of leiomyoma of the nasal cavity has been kept after biopsy remove, which invaded the total right nasal cavity and invading on top the ethmoidal homolateral cells and emerged on back in the nasopharynx. Conclusion: Leiomyoma are rare benign tumours, their treatment is surgical with full exeresis which is the only way to recovery.

Biography

H S Soltani is currently working as faculty of medicine in department of Otorhinolaryngology at Oran University, Algeria.

Email: drsoltanih@hotmail.fr