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Jonathan G. Thomas, BA; Oscar B. Lahoud, BS; P. Daniel Ward, MD; Jonathan B. McHugh, MD; Melissa A. Pynnonen, MD
University of Michigan Medical School (Mssrs Thomas and Lahoud) and University of Michigan (Drs Ward, McHugh, and Pynnonen), Ann Arbor

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(7):783.

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A 70-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of a large left nasal mass as well as associated unilateral nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea. Her medical history was notable for a nasal polypectomy 20 years earlier. Physical examination revealed that the mass completely filled the left nasal cavity, expanding the ala and protruding beyond the left nasal vestibule. Indirect examination showed a large mucosal-covered lesion filling the left nasopharynx.

Bone window coronal sections of a maxillofacial computed tomogram demonstrated a mass filling the left nasal cavity from the anterior naris to the posterior choana, with remodeling of the nasal cavity (Figure 1). Biopsy revealed a benign-appearing lesion with evidence of chronic sinusitis, and the patient was scheduled for operative resection. During surgery, the firm, fibrous, and minimally vascular mass . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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