Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Volume 2015, Article ID 412625, 2 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/412625
Nasal Bridge Intramuscular Hemangioma
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
2Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
3Taylor’s University School of Medicine, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Received 21 July 2014; Accepted 24 December 2014
Academic Editor: Wolfgang Issing
Copyright © 2015 Zulkifli Hamir Basah et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Intramuscular haemangioma (IMH) is a benign mesenchymal tumour. It appears as a deep, nontender mass within the soft tissue, particularly in the extremities. This tumour may not be obvious on clinical examination. Head and neck IMHs represent only 13.5% of the total IMHs. The most common site for a head and neck IMH is the masseter muscle, followed by trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, and very rarely temporalis muscle. We present a patient with left nasal bridge swelling which was excised and histologically confirmed as intramuscular hemangioma.