Sinonasal neurogenic tumours

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2002 Apr;45(2):161-3.

Abstract

Among the surgically excised or biopsied sinonasal tumours in a span of ten years, the neurogenic tumours formed 6.7% of all sinonasal tumours. They were eight in number, three schwannomas, two neurofibromas and three malignant schwannomas with occurrence in a wide age range and no gender predilection. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis were common modes of presentation with a unilateral location. The diagnosis of benign neurogenic tumours do not pose difficulty. However, malignant schwannoma should be considered when one encounters a cellular spindle cell lesion in sinonasal region.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Epistaxis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nasal Obstruction / pathology
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology*
  • Neurofibroma / pathology*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Retrospective Studies