INCIDENCE OF VARIOUS BENIGN MASS LESIONS OF THE NOSE IN 2015: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 62
Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY To know the incidence of different benign mass lesions of the nose and paranasal sinuses. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in Government ENT Hospital, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, a Tertiary referral hospital in Andhra Pradesh which receives about 250 patients per day. The total number of patients examined in the year 2015 from January to December was 88,295. Among them 34,826 (39.44%) patients attended with nasal symptoms like nasal obstruction, epistaxis, recurrent attacks of epistaxis, nasal discharge (Mucoid to mucopurulent), headache, post nasal drip and loss of smell; 111 (0.31% in the study group with nasal symptoms) patients had benign mass lesions of the nose. CONCLUSION In this series, the Nasal polyposis has evolved as the commonest cause of nasal obstruction among mass lesions of nose. Later was Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and Inverted Papilloma, rarely Rhinosporidiosis and Fibrous dysplasia.
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Sudha , Rajeswari , Ramana , Surya Prakasa S
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