ABSTRACT
Inverted papilloma of the nose is an uncommon, but, well document ed lesion of the mucosal lining of the nose and paranasal sinuses. The manifestation of this disease are usually unilateral nasal obstruction, mucopurulent nasal discharge, anosinia and occasional headache. It is very rare to she this condition presenting with dyspnoea and dysphagia due to its extension in the laryngopharynx. In this paper, we report a patient who presented to us with dyspnoea and dysphagia due to a huge papillomatous mass extending from right nasal cabity to the maxillary antrum laterally, posteriorly into the nasopharynx, interiorly into the oropharynx and the laryngopharynx.
ABSTRACT
Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential diagnosis when such a patient presents. In the following case, the patient was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of the exophytic nature of the growth and its presentation. However, histopathology of a biopsy revealed tuberculoma and the response to antituberculous therapy was rapid and curative.
