ABSTRACT
Congenital masses of the nasal midline are very rare,
occurring in one in every 20 00040 000 newborns. Although benign, these masses may cause large facial deformities, such
as hypertelorism, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulae, cerebral
herniation, visual alterations, meningitis, and cerebral
Nasal gliomas are typically diagnosed in newborn patients.
However, the first report on a surgically treated nasal glioma
published by Guthrie in 1924 concerned a 48-year-old
patient.3 In a second paper published in 1927, Guthrie wrote
in the introduction, ‘The cranial and nasal cavities lie in such
close proximity to each other that one might naturally
suppose that both are liable to be involved in the same disease
