Von Recklinghausen's disease is not at all uncommon, but a case characterized chiefly by nanal symptoms is rare.
The authors report a 27-year-old female, who had been suffering from nasal obstruction for many years despite previous resection of a tumor in the right nasal cavity.
Surgical treatment was undertaken and the subjective symptom disappeared.
Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed a neurofibroma.
The literature on this disease is reviewed then histopathological and electron microscopical findings on this case are briefly discussed.