Aneurysmal bone cyst in the inferior nasal turbinate in a pediatric patient: A case report

Sara Torretta, Daniele Di Pasquale, Daniela Carioli, Claudio Guastella, Tullio Ibba, Paola Marchision, Lorenzo Pignataro

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics · 2018 · 11 citations · 12 references

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Torretta S, Di Pasquale D, Carioli D, Guastella C, Ibba T, Marchision P, Pignataro L. Aneurysmal bone cyst in the inferior nasal turbinate in a pediatric patient: A case report. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 747-750. Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are non-neoplastic, highly vascularised bone lesions that rarely involve the craniofacial complex. We describe the first case of an ABC involving the inferior turbinate in a 17-month-old boy who attended our Pediatric Emergency Department because of recurrent epistaxis, and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up in children with nasal masses.

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