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Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear.

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Chang, SS; Halushka, M; Meer, JV; Goins, M; Francis, HW
Published in: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
February 2008

A 6-year-old girl was referred to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for a suspected congenital cholesteatoma. The lesion was determined to be a recurrence of a nasopharyngeal hairy polyp removed in the postnatal period. Simple excision is normally regarded as curative: malignant transformation and local recurrence do not occur. Our case is exceptional in that incomplete excision of the nasopharyngeal polyp was followed by re-growth and extension into the middle ear over a 6-year period. Thus, not all hairy polyps are static lesions. Indeed, this case documents progressive growth of a hairy polyp during physical development of a child, and indicates a potential for local recurrence following incomplete excision. A review of possible etiologies is conducted.

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Published In

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol

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ISSN

0165-5876

Publication Date

February 2008

Volume

72

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 264

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • Recurrence
  • Polyps
  • Nasopharyngeal Diseases
  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear
  • Child
  • 3213 Paediatrics
 

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Chang, S. S., Halushka, M., Meer, J. V., Goins, M., & Francis, H. W. (2008). Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 72(2), 261–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.003
Chang, Steven S., Marc Halushka, Joseph Vander Meer, Martin Goins, and Howard W. Francis. “Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 72, no. 2 (February 2008): 261–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.003.
Chang SS, Halushka M, Meer JV, Goins M, Francis HW. Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Feb;72(2):261–4.
Chang, Steven S., et al. “Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, vol. 72, no. 2, Feb. 2008, pp. 261–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.003.
Chang SS, Halushka M, Meer JV, Goins M, Francis HW. Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Feb;72(2):261–264.
Journal cover image

Published In

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol

DOI

ISSN

0165-5876

Publication Date

February 2008

Volume

72

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 264

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • Recurrence
  • Polyps
  • Nasopharyngeal Diseases
  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear
  • Child
  • 3213 Paediatrics