Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 62. No. 2, 2023.
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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2023.62.02.20
Intranasal Pleomorphic Adenoma Arising from the Lateral Nasal Wall
Ljiljana Jovančević
orcid.org/0000-0001-6581-2796
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia; University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Novi Sad, Serbia
Aleksandra Fejsa Levakov
orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-3090
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia; University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Department of Pathology and Histology, Novi Sad, Serbia
Bojana Jovančević
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia;
Abstract
Pleomorphic adenoma is very rare in the sinonasal region, with the most common
localization on the nasal septum, followed by lateral nasal wall. In the case presented, a 72-year-old
woman was complaining of the right sided nasal obstruction without any other symptoms. The symptom
started a year before and increased progressively. Anterior rhinoscopy revealed a mucosa-covered,
smooth-surfaced, soft, polypoid, pale, grayish-pink in color mass in the right nasal cavity, approximately
2x2 cm in size. Nasal endoscopy showed the mass to have a broad base on the lateral nasal wall. Computerized
tomography scan showed a homogeneous, solid soft tissue mass, 25x18x12 mm in size, which
was attached to the lateral nasal wall, behind the nasal vestibule, just in front of the inferior turbinate.
Endonasal endoscopic complete tumor excision was performed, during which some spillage of the tumor
occurred. Histology diagnosis was pleomorphic adenoma of minor salivary glands. The patient was
followed up on regular basis and had no tumor recurrence in the 6th postoperative year. Intranasal pleomorphic
adenoma arising from the lateral nasal wall in front of the inferior turbinate is extremely rare,
so the presented case is probably the first ever published.
Keywords
Pleomorphic adenoma; Nose neoplasms; Endoscopic endonasal surgery
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Publication date:
1.8.2023.
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