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Cartilaginous choristoma of the nasopharynx
D J Malis1, E A Breisch, G F Billman
1Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Clinical Anatomy (New York, N.Y.)
|June 29, 2000
Abstract:
A 21-year-old white male presented with persistent adenoiditis. A computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast was performed and was interpreted as normal. An adenoidectomy was performed, and histologic examination demonstrated the unexpected presence of a mature island of hyaline cartilage surrounded by lymphoid hyperplasia. The nature of this anomaly is considered in respect to the embryological development of the base of the skull and nasopharynx.