A Case of Nasal Glial Heterotopia That Can Be Misdiagnosed as Storiform Patterned Sclerotic Fibroma/Collagenoma


GÜNDOĞDU F., ATEŞ ÖZDEMİR D., VARGEL İ.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, cilt.40, sa.2, ss.134-137, 2024 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5146/tjpath.2023.13053
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.134-137
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Nasal glioma, also known as nasal glial heterotopia, is a rare tumor -like lesion that often affects newborns or infants with no hereditary predisposition. Case Report: A 4-year-old child with a growth on the nasal dorsum since birth was diagnosed with nasal glial heterotopia/nasal glioma. The lesion showed a sclerotic fibroma/collagenoma-like storiform pattern with entrapped glial tissue that was S100 and GFAP positive. Conclusion: When a biopsy of the nasal dorsum demonstrates sclerotic microscopic findings with a storiform pattern, nasal glioma should be considered before making a diagnosis in the collagen-rich tissue spectrum (collagenoma or Gardner's fibroma), and an immunohistochemical panel should be requested to demonstrate the presence of an unrecognized light microscopically visible glial component.