Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: January | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 117-120
Schwannoma of the Nasal Cavity: A Rare Case Report
Rashmi Monteiro2, Bhavana Garg1, Indu Choudhary1
1Assistant Professor, 2Senior Resident,
Department of Pathology, Pacific Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Corresponding Author: Indu Choudhary
ABSTRACT
Various soft tissue lesions occurring in the nasal cavity clinically present as nasal polyps. Schwannoma is a rare neoplasm of the nose and peripheral nervous system and belongs to the group of nerve sheath tumors. Herein, we report a case of schwannoma in the nasal cavity due to its rarity. A 46years old female came with complains of headache, pain in the left nostril, disturbed sleep, hyposmia, post nasal drip and left sided nasal blockage. On rhinoscopy, nasal septum deviation to the right and a polypoidal mass in the left nasal cavity was noted. Computed tomography of nose and PNS revealed a well-defined heterogeneously enhancing round to oval shaped soft tissue density lesion in the left nasal cavity. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery under general anaesthesia was performed for the excision of the mass and was sent for histopathological examination. Histopathological examination showed it to be schwannoma and it was similar to their soft tissue counterparts. To conclude, schwannoma must be considered as a possibility, when a patient presents with a soft tissue mass in the nasal cavity.
Key words: Schwannoma, nerve sheath tumors, nasal polyp.