Tullio IBBA, Daniela CARIOLI, Sara TORRETTA, Claudio GUASTELLA, Paola MARCHISION, Lorenzo PIGNATARO, Daniele DI PASQUALE

Aneurysmal bone cyst in the inferior nasal turbinate in a pediatric patient: A case report

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are non-neoplastic, highly vascularised bonelesions that rarely involve the craniofacial complex. We describe the firstcase of an ABC involving the inferior turbinate in a 17-month-old boy whoattended our Pediatric Emergency Department because of recurrent epistaxis,and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up in children with nasalmasses.

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