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Quiz Case
Andrew P. Battiata, MS, MD;
Wesley Vander Ark, MD;
Carol Adair, MD;
Eric Mair, MD
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:329-330.
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A 19-YEAR-OLD man presented with chronic left-sided nasal obstruction
and periodic epistaxis that had worsened over the past 4 years. He denied
having headaches, facial pain, changes in vision, loss of olfaction, weight
loss, fatigue, fevers, night sweats, nausea, or vomiting.
Physical examinaton revealed a purplish blue mass completely filling
the left nasal cavity, lateralizing, and compressing the turbinates. The lesion
blanched with pressure. The septum was severely deviated to the right, to
the point where the right nasal cavity was significantly obstructed. On oral
examination, the palate appeared normal.
Computed tomographic imaging of the head revealed a large mass occupying
the left nasal cavity, with no invasion of the central nervous system (Figure 1). The lesion originated from the
roof of the nasal cavity, medial and superior to the middle turbinate. Tumor
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