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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
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Lipoma of right pyriform sinus
Muhammad Sami Jabbr1, Iyad Hamadi1, Mouhannad Mahmoud Abdulber Fakoury1
1ENT Department, Dubai Health Authority-Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Abstract:
We present a case of large mass arising from the right pyriform sinus extending inferiorly to the postcricoid area and superiorly to the right aryepiglottic fold causing a foreign body sensation and obstructive symptoms, its histological examination following the endoscopic surgical excision showed a lipoma. We are also describing the endoscopic, radiological and intraoperative findings with a brief literature review.
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