25 year old female presented with feeling something inside n | Figure 1

Ammu_M

Emergency Medicine Resident

25 year old female presented with feeling something inside nose and tenderness on touching the nasal skin.

History of picking nose owing to the flu she recently had contracted.

A few episodes of bleeding from site of lesion on blowing the nose.

What is your diagnosis and how would you manage it?

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