A Case of Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Nasal Ala

Abstract

Pleomorphic adenoma occurs primarily in the major salivary glands, but very rarely in the nose. Treatment of nasal pleomorphic adenoma, like pleomorphic adenoma of the major salivary gland, is also a complete resection. Since most are confined to the nasal cavity and do not invade cartilage or other tissues, it can be removed relatively simply by nasal endoscopic surgery. We report a case where a pleomorphic adenoma arising from the right nasal ala invades the lateral crus of lower lateral cartilage, where a part of the cartilage was excised along with removal of the tumor and reconstructed with nasal septal cartilage. Eight months after surgery, the external deformity of nose was not observed and there was no recurrence.