Angiomyolipoma of Nasal Cavity - A rare clinical entity.

Abstract

Angiomyolipomas (AML) are benign mesenchymal tumour with varying proportion of matured fat cells, thick walled vessels and smooth muscle cells. Nasal angiomyolipomas are exceedingly rare and usually present as small tumour in middle aged and old men. This is a case of 86 years old male who presented in the ENT OPD with the swelling in the right nasolabial fold for 2 months. He underwent excision of the mass under general anesthesia and the histopathological examination proved to be angiomyolipoma of nose.