Endoscopic management of sinonasal inverted papilloma

Inverted papillomas (IPs) are benign sinonasal epithelial tumors that are locally aggressive and has a preponderance to recur if incompletely excised. This is a retrospective report describing 13 patients who underwent endoscopic excison from March 2004 to December 2010. Data was summarized into age, sex, location of tumor, surgical outcome and disease free status. Majority of the patients were males with the remaining 3 females, with a mean age of 50.9 years (range 24-76 years). Two patients needed an additional procedure of endoscopic dacrocystorhinostomy (EDCR) for epiphora. Out of the 13 patients surveyed, three patients underwent revision surgery for recurrences, of which one was a referred from another instituition. All patients are currently disease free. The mean follow-up period is 40 months.