Open AccessPrimary Extracranial Meningioma as a very Rare Cause of Nasal Mass and Epistaxis in Elderly
Author(s) -
Raman Wadhera,
Sharad Hernot,
Madhuri Kaintura,
Sandeep Bhukar,
S Dheeraj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20467.8778
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , histopathological examination , surgery , fibrous joint , nose , physical examination , throat , biopsy , radiology , pathology
Meningioma is known to be an intracranial pathology, but it can also present extracranially. We report a case of a 55-year-old female who presented to the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) emergency with a complaint of epistaxis for 1 day. There was a 7-8years history of self-resolving intermittent epistaxis. Nasal examination revealed a mass from which biopsy was taken. The specimen showed meningioma on histopathological examination. The mass was excised by ENT surgeons through lateral rhinotomy incision. It was confirmed to be a meningioma by final histopathological examination. The patient was discharged on 10 th post-operative day after suture removal under stable condition and was symptom free on regular follow-ups. Worldwide there have been very less number of cases of primary extracranial meningioma causing symptoms of epistaxis, nasal obstruction and a large sinonasal mass in an elderly.