PERIBULBAR COMPLEX CHORISTOMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH IPSILATERAL NASAL HYPOPLASIA AND NASOLACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION

Developmental midline perinasal masses in children are rare lesions, specifically inassociation with choristomas. we encountered a 3-year-old boy with epiphora, a striking mass on thenasal bridge and ipsilateral nasal hypoplasia. ct scan imaging showed multiple calcified areas withinthe tumor in addition to linear defect in frontal bone, hypoplastic left ethmoidal sinus and left nasalcavity, and absence of left nasal concha. the patient had no history of seizure, no neurologic deficit,and ocular developmental examinations were normal. after performing excisional biopsy of the tumor,histopathologic analysis revealed complex choristoma composed of cartilage and bone. the mostappropriate name for this malformation, which to our knowledge has not been described in theliterature, seems to be, nasal hypoplasia with complex choristoma and nasolacrimal duct obstruction.