abstract:Nasal glioma (also known more correctly as Nasal glial heterotopia, along with "Brain-like heterotopia," "Cephalic brain-like heterotopia," "Glial hamartoma," "Nasal cerebral heterotopia," "Heterotopic neuroglial tissue," and "Nasal heterotopic brain tissue") is a rare benign congenital lesion, usually a firm, incompressible, reddish-blue to purple lesion occurring on the nasal bridge or midline near the root.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005).