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Schwannomas are benign neoplasms arising from Schwann cells of the peripheral, cranial and autonomic nerves. We report a case of schwannoma in the sino-nasal tract, a very rare site of tumour origin with unusual pseudoangiomatous histopathological changes, which we came across in a 22 years male with progressive nasal obstruction.
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Shirazi, N., Varshney, S., Harsh, M. et al. Schwannoma of the sino-nasal tract: a rare clinico-pathological entity revisited. Chin. -Ger. J. Clin. Oncol. 11, 304–306 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-012-0963-3
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