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 *Oncocytes - '''key feature'''.
 *Exophytic or endophytic growth pattern.
+==Antrochoanal polyp==
+:Abbreviated ''ACP''.
+===General===
+*Benign.<ref name=pmid15626248>{{cite journal |vauthors=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>
+Epidemiology:
+*"Almost always" recur if incompletely excised.<ref name=pmid19609378/>
+*Originates from maxillary sinus and extends to choana.<ref name=pmid23179936>{{cite journal |vauthors=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>
+==Gross==
+*Solid and cystic.<ref name=pmid15626248/>
+===Microscopic===
+Features:
+*Respiratory epithelium.
 ==See also==