KBB-Forum 2012 , Cilt 11, Sayı 1

ANGIOMATOUS POLYP: A NASAL POLYP VARİANT THAT MAY SIMULATE VASCULAR NEOPLASMS

Dr. Emel Çadallı TATAR1, Dr. Levent RENDA2, Dr. Ali ÖZDEK1, Dr. Güleser SAYLAM1, Dr. Hakan KORKMAZ3
1S.B.Ankara Dışkapı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz, Ankara, Türkiye
2S.B Polatlı Duatepe Devlet Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz, Ankara, Türkiye
3Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz, Ankara, Türkiye
Angiomatous polyps are a subtype of inflammatory sinonasal polyps that are rarely reported. They usually obliterate the sinonasal tract unilaterally. Clinically, pathologically and radiologically features simulate a malign process, so it can be confused with other vascular neoplasms. Usually they present an unilateral nasal mass with recurrent, ipsilateral epistaxis. We report a 20-year old male presented with nasal obstruction, hyperemia in the right upper eyelid and facial edema. He was evaluated by endoscopic examination and a large polypoid mass was seen in the right nasal tract. Urgent endoscopic sinüs surgery was performed. After the surgery, we made histopathological research and found angiomatous polyp. 53 months follow up, there was no complication and recurrence. Keywords : Angiomatous, recurrent epistaxis, sinonasal polyps