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Pharyngeal hairy polyps: five new cases and review of the literature
Brent M Cone1, Mana Taweevisit, Sherry Shenoda
1Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Pathology, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Abstract:
Pharyngeal hairy polyps are rare lesions that present as a pedunculated mass that may arise from the oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal regions of the pharynx. The mass has the potential to partially or completely obstruct pathways towards the trachea and/or esophagus resulting in respiratory distress and/or feeding difficulties respectively. They have a predilection for female infants of 6:1 with the vast majority of the cases occurring in the infantile period. We report 5 cases of the hairy polyp in female infants, one of which showed unusual presentation since it was diagnosed at ten months of age.
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