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Subhash C Gupta1, Sachin Jain, Himanshu P Singh
1Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India. sachkachin@yahoo.com
Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal
|May 23, 2012
Abstract:
Lymphangiomatous polyp of the nasal cavity is a very rare condition. We are reporting a case of a unilateral nasal mass presenting with noisy breathing during sleep, change of voice, watery nasal discharge, and anosmia in a 5-year-old boy. The mass was removed via a transnasal endoscopic approach, and a diagnosis of lymphangiomatous nasal polyp was established by histopathology.
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