OSTEOMA NASAL CAVITY- A RARE CASE REPORT

OSTEOMAS ARE BENIGN TUMOURS WHICH OCCUR VERY RARELY IN THE NASAL CAVITY, THE MOST COMMON SITE BEING THE FRONTOETHMOIDAL REGION. HERE WE PRESENT ONE SUCH CASE REPORT OF A MASSIVE OSTEOMA NASAL CAVITY IN A 14 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHICH WAS EXCISED SURGICALLY THROUGH A LATERAL RHINOTOMY TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS OF THIS SLOW GROWING TUMOUR. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN ON REGULAR FOLLOWUP THEREAFTER.