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Thomas Romo III, MD; Samieh S. Rizk, MD; Gerald D. Suh, MD
From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY.

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 1999;1:208-211.

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INTRODUCTION

The development of a deforming nasal-dorsal mass after rhinoplasty is a very rare and, for the most part, an avoidable complication. The list of differential diagnoses for such a postoperative external nasal lesion ranges from simple soft tissue edema or hematoma, which is usually temporary, to more serious lesions, such as lipogranulomas, epidermoid inclusion cysts, tumefactive cartilage proliferation, and mucous cysts, which can cause permanent deformities. Although various nasal tumors, infections, and granulomatous diseases are not specifically related to surgery, they should also be considered.

We report a case of an expanding nasal-dorsal mucous cyst that developed after a closed septorhinoplasty procedure. The cyst was related to sequestration of a mucosal-lined nasal bone that was not removed at the time of dorsal osteotomy. The nasal-dorsal mucocele and misplaced nasal bone were managed through an external skin resection of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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