Journal of Rhinology  2014;21(1):71-73

A Case of Neurofibroma Presenting as a Nasolabial Mass.

Dae Jin SAH 1 ; Choon Dong KIM ; Yoon Jung KIM ; Seung Woo KIM

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Keywords

Neurofibroma; Nasolabial Fold

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Neurofibroma is a benign neurogenic tumor thatmost often occurs in the head and neck region. However, a solitary neurofibroma on the nasolabial fold is extremely rare, with only a few reported cases reported in the English literature. A 45-year-old woman with a nasolabial mass visited our department, and we performed an excisional biopsy using asublabial approach. The histopathology of the mass revealed it to be neurofibroma. We report a unique case of neurofibromain thenasolabial region with an associated literature review. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has previouslybeen reported in Korea.