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An introduction to head and neck pathology (view source)
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===Treatment=== | ===Treatment=== | ||
*Recurrent polyps: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). | *Recurrent polyps: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). | ||
==Allergic nasal polyp== | |||
===General=== | |||
*People with allergies. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Polypoid mass - several millimetres to centimetres in size. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>{{Ref Klatt|144}}</ref> | |||
*Normal respiratory epithelium. | |||
*Stroma with: | |||
**Edema. | |||
**Eosinophils. | |||
**+/-Other inflammatory cells (plasma cells, lymphocytes, neutrophils). | |||
==Tonsillar lymphangiomatous polyp== | ==Tonsillar lymphangiomatous polyp== | ||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v13/n10/full/3880208a.html</ref> | Features:<ref>http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v13/n10/full/3880208a.html</ref> | ||
*Polyp with lymph channels. | *Polyp with lymph channels. | ||