One case of big nasopharynx granulation caused by postnasal packing.
- Author:
Jian ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. zhoujianwx@tom.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Adult;
Granuloma;
etiology;
Humans;
Iatrogenic Disease;
Male;
Nasopharynx
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2013;27(14):796-796
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In April of this year, one patient was under left posterior nostril packing treatment with gauze balls as his left nostril bleeding. 3 days later the balls were removed. Soon after, he had foreign body sensation in his throat and the discomfort was increasingly severe. Under electronic laryngoscopy a big neoplasm like nasopharynx granulation was discovered and therefore resected when he was in general anesthesia. Under light microscope, it was found out that the neoplasm had fibrogenesis, angiogenesis, infiltration and interstitial osteoporosis edema. In pathological diagnosis, it was nasopharyngeal inflammatory granulation tissue.
