Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma with no nasal symptoms

BMJ Case Rep. 2012 May 30:2012:bcr1120125148. doi: 10.1136/bcr.11.2011.5148.

Abstract

The authors present a case of nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma (NCMH) in an 8-year-old boy with a 4-month history of frontal headache and no symptoms of nasal obstruction, rhinorrhoea or postnasal drip. An ENT examination as well as ophthalmology assessment presented normal results. CT scan showed a lesion involving the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses. The patient had an endoscopic resection of the lesion that was confirmed histologically to be a NCMH. Though NCMH is known to present usually in infants with obstructing nasal mass, an unusual presentation of a patient with throbbing headache without any nasal symptoms is reported here.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cartilage Diseases / complications*
  • Cartilage Diseases / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hamartoma / complications*
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nasal Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Nasal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Nose Diseases / complications
  • Nose Diseases / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed