Myxoma most commonly occurs in the atria, but is rare in the nasal cavity. A 58-year-old male patient presented with a nasal mass. We used endoscopic endonasal approach for treatment, and the patient was finally diagnosed with nasal ala myxoma. We report here a rare case of a patient with nasal ala myxoma along with a literature review.
Granuloma is an uncommon benign disease that develops in the process of wound healing. Pharyngeal or laryngeal granuloma can be associated with gastric reflux, mechanical injury or trauma including intubation, voice abuse, or foreign body. 50-year-old female was transferred to our institute with a huge mass occupying the upper aerodigestive tract causing dysphagia. The patient has been suffering from a brain hemorrhage for several months and was kept in bed due to the quadriplegia with stuporous mental status, and was tracheotomized. On examination, the whole oropharynx and hypopharynx was covered by a smooth-surfaced soft big diffuse granular mass, which extended down to the upper trachea through the larynx. The huge granuloma was successfully removed with surgery and was found to have a pedunculating stalk on the oropharyngeal posterior wall with a small mucosal defect, suggestive of the origin of the mass. The defect was closed primarily after the cauterization. The patient is now followed up regularly without any recurrence of the disease.
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is defined by inflammation and thickening of the dura mater, and the etiologic factors are idiopathic or secondary to various conditions. To date, HP in the internal auditory canal (IAC) has rarely been reported. There have only been 3 reports of HP in the IAC. Magnetic resonance imaging showed enhancement of along the IAC and vestibule. After antibiotic treatment, enhancement was reduced with visible seventh and eighth nerves. The patient underwent tympanomastoidectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of HP associated with a labyrinth fistula complicated by cholesteatoma. We report MRI image with literatures.
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