A Case of Maxillary Venous Hemangioma with Invasion to Hard Palate and Nasal Cavity / 대한이비인후과학회지

ABSTRACT

Hemangiomas are common benign soft tissue tumors in the head and neck, but they occur infrequently in the sinonasal cavity. Capillary, cavernous, mixed, and venous types of hemangiomas have been described. Venous hemangiomas are less commonly seen and are composed of thickened blood vessels that can still be recognized as veins. Chief symptoms are recurrent epistaxis and nasal obstruction; if the tumor becomes large, it may cause adjacent bony erosion. Preoperative diagnosis of maxillary sinus hemangioma is important since these lesions can frequently cause a large amount of hemorrhage during surgery. We report a case of a 80-year-old woman with a huge tumor in the maxillary sinus and oral cavity that was histopathologically diagnosed as venous hemangioma.