Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016; 27(2):357-361

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2016.27.2.357

증례

Schwannoma Originating from the Superior Turbinate

Dam Ho Lee¹, Dong Hwan Oh¹, Jin Yoon¹, Jae Hoon Lee¹^,^*

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea

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© Copyright 2016 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Aug 22, 2016; Revised: Sep 30, 2016; Accepted: Oct 21, 2016

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Schwannoma in the nasal cavity is rare. Only 4% of head and neck schwannomas occur in the sinonasal cavity. Sinonasal schwannomas are postulated to arise from the ophthalmic and maxillary branches of the trigeminal nerve, or from autonomic nerves to the septal vessels and mucosa. Various origins of nasal schwannomas have been reported in the literature, including the inferior turbinate, middle turbinate, nasal septum, and nasal vestibule. We report the findings for a 40-year-old man who presented with nasal obstruction due to a schwannoma originating in the superior turbinate. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2016;27:357-361)

Keywords: Schwannoma; Nasal cavity; Nasal neoplasm; Nose