Histopathological study of nasal polyp in adult patient
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of ENT - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Nasal polyps are essentially rounded projections of edematous membrane above a mucosal surface and projects into lumen. Aims and Objectives: To study histopathological study of nasal polyp in Adult patient. After approval from institutional ethical committee a cross-sectional study was carried out in the department of Otolaryngology in the patients diagnosed as nasal mass during the year March 2016 to March 2017. All the patients who were presented as nasal mass were included into study except the immunocompromised patients, who don’t given the written consent. During one year period there were 54 patients taken into study. All details of the patients like age, sex, clinical diagnosis and histopathology in the patients done with all the standard protocols. Result: Most common age group in our study was 40-50 i.e. 34.55% , followed by 20-30 -27.27%, 50-60 was 16.36%, 30-40 was 12.73%, >60 were 5.45%, and 10-20 were 3.64%. The majority of the patients were Male i.e. 63.64% and Female were 36.36%. As per the clinical diagnosis Non-allergic polyps constituted 35.19%, followed by Allergic polyps .27.78%, Nonspecific polyps in 16.67%, Rhinosporidiosis in 7.41%, Mucormycosis- 5.56%, Aspergilosis and Rhinoscleroma in -3.70%. On histopathology , Benign was 30.91%, Inverted nasal papilloma was 21.82%, Spinonasalpapiloma with oncocytic epithelium was 16.36%, Everted papilloma -9.09%, Pleomorphic adenoma-7.27%, Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma was 5.45%, Neurilemomma (schwannoma)-3.64%, Meningothelial meningioma-1.82%, Malignant- 1.82%, Olfactory neuroblastoma -1.82%. Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that most common age was 4th and 2nd decade, Non-allergic polyps were most common followed by Allergic polyps. On histopathology Benignlesion, followed by Inverted nasal papilloma Spinonasalpapiloma with oncocytic epithelium were most common presentations
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Vasundhara P Varute
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