Surgical approach to tumors arising from the posterior two thirds of the nasal septum.

A surgical approach to tumors of the septum is discussed. Two patients who had tumors in the posterior two thirds of the septum are shown in this paper. One had a benign mixed tumor and the other had an extramedullary plasmacytoma in the posterior two thirds of the septum. They underwent resection of the tumors with the septum by lateral rhinotomy. The first case additionally underwent an oval-shape resection of the palate. The postoperative profiles of the nose are good.