CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
45-year-old carpenter with nasal obstruction and nosebleed from the right nostril.


FINDINGS:
Demonstration of a relatively well circumscribed, distinctively inhomogeneous contrast-enhancing mass lesion in the right nasal cavity, beween the nasal septum and the nasal conchae. The mass is seen larger in the axial CT scan done at a more caudal position (lower picture) and infiltrates the palate (not shown).


DIAGNOSIS:
Squamous cell carcinoma of the right nasal cavity


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Adenocarcinoma.



Suggestions for further reading:

1) Roche Lexikon Medizin
2) Pathologie Online
3) AWMF
4) Aco.at