Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Polyp in concha bullosa: a case report and review of the literature | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Case report Open Access Polyp in concha bullosa a case report and review of the literature Alper Nabi Erkan X1 Tuba Canbolatt2 Cem OzeC1 Ismail Yilmazt1 and Levent N Ozluogluf1 Address 1Baskent University Faculty of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology 2. Cadde No 72 2 Bahcelievler 06490 Ankara Turkey and 2Baskent University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology 12. Sokak No 4 1 Bahcelievler 06490 Ankara Turkey Email Alper Nabi Erkan - alpernabierkan@ Tuba Canbolat - etubacanpolat@ Cem Ozer - cemkbb@ Ismail Yilmaz - iy38@ LeventN Ozluoglu - leventozluoglu@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 08 May 2006 Head Face Medicine2006 2 11 doi l746-l60X-2-l I Received 28 January 2006 Accepted 08 May 2006 This article is available from http content 2 l ll 2006Erkan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Polyp originating within a concha bullosa is uncommon we report only the third such case in the English literature. A 45-year-old man presented with nasal obstruction and headache. Examination of the nose revealed right septal deviation and a hypertrophic left middle concha. Computed tomography confirmed right septal deviation and identified left concha bullosa with thickening of the mucosa covering this lesion. The lateral lamella of the affected turbinate was removed and a mass was excised. Histopathologic examination of the excised mass revealed polypoid hyperplasia. The rare finding of polyp in concha bullosa is discussed with a review of the literature. In any case of concha bullosa computed tomography images should be carefully evaluated before surgery to check
