Hemangioma of the maxillary sinus: A benign and rare cause of epistaxis

Meriem Haloua; Nizar El Bouardi; Badre Eddine Alami; Youssef Alaoui Lamrani; Mustapha Maaroufi; Hinde El Fatemi; Mohammed Ridal; Meryeme Boubbou

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2022.04.062

Hemangioma of the maxillary sinus: A benign and rare cause of epistaxis

Radiol Case Rep. 2022 May 28;17(8):2607-2611. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.04.062. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Authors

Meriem Haloua¹, Nizar El Bouardi¹, Badre Eddine Alami¹, Youssef Alaoui Lamrani¹, Mustapha Maaroufi¹, Hinde El Fatemi², Mohammed Ridal³, Meryeme Boubbou¹

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department - CHU Hassan II. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohamed BenAbdellah University. Fez, Morocco.
² Department of Anatomical Pathology - CHU Hassan II. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohamed BenAbdellah University. Fez, Morocco.
³ Department of Otolaryngology - CHU Hassan II. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohamed BenAbdellah University. Fez, Morocco.

Abstract

Hemangioma of the facial sinuses is a rare pathology, and given the lack of clinical specificity, the differential diagnosis with a malignant lesion often arises. We report the case of a 32-year-old patient who consulted for recurrent epistaxis of moderate severity. The preoperative diagnosis of a hemangioma of the left maxillary sinus was based on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data, confirmed by the anatomopathological study of the surgical specimen, preceded by an embolization that facilitated the endoscopic surgical excision.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Hemangioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maxillary sinus; Vascular tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports