Difference between revisions of "Nasal polyps"
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*Abbreviated ''ACP''. | *Abbreviated ''ACP''. | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Benign.<ref name=pmid15626248>{{cite journal | | *Benign.<ref name=pmid15626248>{{cite journal |authors=Maldonado M, Martínez A, Alobid I, Mullol J |title=The antrochoanal polyp |journal=Rhinology |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=178–82 |date=December 2004 |pmid=15626248 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Relative common ~5% of nasal polyps.<ref name=pmid19609378>{{cite journal |vauthors=Frosini P, Picarella G, De Campora E |title=Antrochoanal polyp: analysis of 200 cases |journal=Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=21–6 |date=February 2009 |pmid=19609378 |pmc=2689564 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Relative common ~5% of nasal polyps.<ref name=pmid19609378>{{cite journal |vauthors=Frosini P, Picarella G, De Campora E |title=Antrochoanal polyp: analysis of 200 cases |journal=Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=21–6 |date=February 2009 |pmid=19609378 |pmc=2689564 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*"Almost always" recur if incompletely excised.<ref name=pmid19609378/> | *"Almost always" recur if incompletely excised.<ref name=pmid19609378/> | ||
*Originates from maxillary sinus and extends to choana.<ref name=pmid23179936>{{cite journal | | *Originates from maxillary sinus and extends to choana.<ref name=pmid23179936>{{cite journal |authors=Balikci HH, Ozkul MH, Uvacin O, Yasar H, Karakas M, Gurdal M |title=Antrochoanal polyposis: analysis of 34 cases |journal=Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol |volume=270 |issue=5 |pages=1651–4 |date=May 2013 |pmid=23179936 |doi=10.1007/s00405-012-2274-2 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref>{{cite journal | | Features:<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Min YG, Chung JW, Shin JS, Chi JG |title=Histologic structure of antrochoanal polyps |journal=Acta Otolaryngol |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=543–7 |date=July 1995 |pmid=7572133 |doi=10.3109/00016489509139364 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Respiratory epithelium. | *Respiratory epithelium. | ||
*Relatively pauciglandular - when compared to inflammatory nasal polyps. | *Relatively pauciglandular - when compared to inflammatory nasal polyps. | ||