Pediatric Intranasal Lobular Capillary Hemangioma: A Rare Clinical Entity

A 9-year-old male presented to our clinic with symptoms of a right-sided intermittent epistaxis for the past one year. There was no headache, fever, trauma, nasal packing or history of foreign body. Besides there was no similar symptoms or illness in the family. On physical examination, both nasal cavities were normal in anterior rhinoscopy. The patient and her parents were informed about endoscopic nasal examination and after thier permittion, endoscopic nasal examination was performed. Endoscopic nasal examination revealed that a violescent mass which located between inferior turbinate and nasal septum at the posterior one-third of the right nasal cavity. The origin of the mass couldn’t be identified. The ear and throat examination was normal. Furthermore complete blood count and routine biochemical analysis were normal. Axial and coronal nasal and paranasal sinus computed tomography was performed. computed tomography revealed a right-sided soft tissue mass arising from posterior part of the inferior turbinate, and maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis (Figure 1).