1977 Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 152-159
A typical case of nasoalveolar cyst has been reported.
A 47-year-old woman was referred to our clinic, complaining of swelling in the region of the left nasal vestibulum of about six years’ duration.
Physical examination revealed a swelling of the size of the small finger-tip. The semitransparent and viscid fluid was aspirated by exploratory puncture.
Posteroanterior and lateral view of the x-ray film of the skull with radiopaque medium showed a well-defined extent of cyst within the soft tissues.
Under local anesthesia with 2% lidocaine, the cyst was enucleated.
The postoperative course was satisfactory.
Histopathologic diagnosis was nasoalveolar cyst.
