Diseases of the nose and throat . Fig. 63. Section of Nasal Fibroma. (Authors specimen.) symmetrical and of a darker color than an ordinary polyp, and evi-dently is much denser in structure. It is usually distinctly pedun-culated and can hardly be mistaken for a tumor of any other charac-ter except possibly an old nasal polyp. A case of pure fibroma of the nasal fossa came under my observa-tion several years aero. It occurred in a young man of twenty-one BENIGN NEOPLASMS OF THE NASAL I 59 who complained of catarrhal symptoms and obstruction of the leftnostril. There never had been any
Diseases of the nose and throat . Fig. 63. Section of Nasal Fibroma. (Authors specimen.) symmetrical and of a darker color than an ordinary polyp, and evi-dently is much denser in structure. It is usually distinctly pedun-culated and can hardly be mistaken for a tumor of any other charac-ter except possibly an old nasal polyp. A case of pure fibroma of the nasal fossa came under my observa-tion several years aero. It occurred in a young man of twenty-one BENIGN NEOPLASMS OF THE NASAL I 59 who complained of catarrhal symptoms and obstruction of the leftnostril. There never had been any hemorrhage, the sense of smellhad not been impaired and the general health was excellent. Thepatient had some cough with moderate expectoration, but there wasno suspicion of pulmonary disease. On anterior rhinoscopy a mova-ble tumor could be detected in the left posterior naris attached to theend of the middle turbinate. On posterior rhinoscopy the tumorseemed nearly to fill the left choana. It was smooth, round, sym-metrical an
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