A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp

A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp

Choanal polyps mostly arise from the antrum of maxillary sinus. Sphenochoanal polyp arising from the sphenoid sinus is extremely rare. It presents with similar symptoms of antrochoanal polyps. Radiological examination is important in differentiation of these two types of choanal polyps. Inadequate s...

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Main Authors: Musa Özbay, Ediz Yorgancıla, Vefa Kınış, Salih Bakır, İsmail Topçu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
Subjects:
Polyp
sphenoid sinus
endoscopic sinus surgery
Online Access:http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/10/JCEI-00347.pdf
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spelling doaj-a5242b8beae54e97ac7853436ab052f12021-09-02T08:47:25ZengModestum Publishing LTDJournal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations1309-85781309-66212012-09-0133435437A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polypMusa ÖzbayEdiz YorgancılaVefa KınışSalih Bakırİsmail TopçuChoanal polyps mostly arise from the antrum of maxillary sinus. Sphenochoanal polyp arising from the sphenoid sinus is extremely rare. It presents with similar symptoms of antrochoanal polyps. Radiological examination is important in differentiation of these two types of choanal polyps. Inadequate surgery that leaves some part of the polyp has a high risk of recurrence. We present a case of sphenochoanal polyp treated successfully with endoscopic sinus surgery. The patient is symptom free for 1 year. J Clin Exp Invest 2012; 3 (3): 435-437Key words: Polyp, sphenoid sinus, endoscopic sinus surgeryhttp://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/10/JCEI-00347.pdfPolypsphenoid sinusendoscopic sinus surgery
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author Musa Özbay
Ediz Yorgancıla
Vefa Kınış
Salih Bakır
İsmail Topçu
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Ediz Yorgancıla
Vefa Kınış
Salih Bakır
İsmail Topçu
A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
Polyp
sphenoid sinus
endoscopic sinus surgery
author_facet Musa Özbay
Ediz Yorgancıla
Vefa Kınış
Salih Bakır
İsmail Topçu
author_sort Musa Özbay
title A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
title_short A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
title_full A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
title_fullStr A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
title_full_unstemmed A rare cause of nasal obstruction: Sphenochoanal polyp
title_sort rare cause of nasal obstruction: sphenochoanal polyp
publisher Modestum Publishing LTD
series Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
issn 1309-8578
1309-6621
publishDate 2012-09-01
description Choanal polyps mostly arise from the antrum of maxillary sinus. Sphenochoanal polyp arising from the sphenoid sinus is extremely rare. It presents with similar symptoms of antrochoanal polyps. Radiological examination is important in differentiation of these two types of choanal polyps. Inadequate surgery that leaves some part of the polyp has a high risk of recurrence. We present a case of sphenochoanal polyp treated successfully with endoscopic sinus surgery. The patient is symptom free for 1 year. J Clin Exp Invest 2012; 3 (3): 435-437Key words: Polyp, sphenoid sinus, endoscopic sinus surgery
topic Polyp
sphenoid sinus
endoscopic sinus surgery
url http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/10/JCEI-00347.pdf
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