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Intraoperative lateral view of the cystic formation on the nasal dorsum.
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The physicial examination has revealed a 2 cm painless mass with smooth borders, cystic in nature, and it has caused erosion in the nasal dorsum through the nasal bone (Figure 1).
Heterogeneous density cystic mass destroying the nasal bone in the axial tomography of the temporal bone.
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Cranial MRI (T2A sequence) showed a cystic mass which was not spreaded into any intracranial structures (Figures 2-3).
Cystic mass in T2-weighted cranial MRI on the right side of the nasal dorsum.
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Cranial MRI (T2A sequence) showed a cystic mass which was not spreaded into any intracranial structures (Figures 2-3).
Reconstruction of the dorsal nasal defect with conchal cartilage after excision of the cyst.
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A graft taken from conchal cartilage was laid over the defect according to its shape and then it was sutured to the surrounding tissue (Figure 4).