HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERN OF SINONASAL MASSES REPORTED IN A TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL

Dr. Usha Sarma; Dr. Surajit Kumar Roy

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERN OF SINONASAL MASSES REPORTED IN A TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL

Dr. Usha Sarma, Dr. Surajit Kumar Roy

Abstract :

Nasal obstruction with or without nasal discharge is one of the commonest clinical presentation of sinonasal mass though they have various differential diagnoses. Benign lesion arising from this site may threaten the patient because of high recurrence rate and propensity for malignant potential.A six years retrospective hospital based study was carried out in patients attending ENT department of a tertiary level hospital from north east India with the aim to evaluate the histopathological pattern of sinonasal mass . A total 194 cases were included out of which 59.0% cases were nasal polyp , 38.4% cases were benign tumour and 2.6% cases were malignant lesion. Angiofioma was the commonest benign tumour detected. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common malignant tumours. One case of adenoid cystic carcinoma and one case of melanoma were also detected during study period.