OBJECTIVE: To review the computed tomography findings in patients with nasal cavity tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen patients - ten male and eight female - with nasal cavity tumors were studied using computed tomography. RESULTS: Histological types of the tumors included six epidermoid carcinoma, three malignant melanoma, two adenoid cystic carcinoma, and one case of each of the following: adenocarcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, fusiform cell sarcoma, and stesioneuroblastoma. The lesions were more frequent on the left side and middle level of the nasal cavity (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Epidermoid carcimomas showed a close relationship between the lesion volume and the degree of destruction of adjacent structures. Septum involvement was different depending on the histological type of the lesion.
Tumors; Cancer; Nasal cavities; Computed tomography
