Year: 1992 Vol. 58 Ed. 1 - (2º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 10 to 20
Astral-choanal polyps: origin and treatment
Author(s):
Cláudio Cidade Gomes *,
Eulália Sakano *,
Hsiao Meng Chung**,
Raul Renato Guedes de Melo ***
Keywords: nasal polyps, paranasal sinuses
Abstract:
Nasal obstruction is a common clinical occurrence, that englobes a high serie of pathologies (inflammatory, infections, traumatic, benign tumors, malignant tumors, etc ... ). Antral-Choanal polyps (Killian s polyp), must be remembered like differential diagnosis of nasal obstruction, when has a sinus roentgenogram with unilateral maxillary opacification. By tire time of clinical apresentation, tire lesion often protudes into the nasophanynx; and in some cases; it may y even be seen extending into tire oropharynx The surgical proceduce usually employed is a unilateral Caldwell-Luc antrostomy; with oropharyngeal removes. We present 15 patients with astral-choanal polyps; and discuss their clinical history, radiological, nasal/nasopharynx endoscopic evaluation, considerations about the origin and tire surgical treaanent of choice.
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