Transoral endoscopic resection of a nasopharyngeal hairy polyp

Congenital hairy polyp of the soft palate

“…Kieff et al [17] 1998 Middle ear and mastoid cavity 11mo F Recurrent left purulent otorrhea Cerezal et al [18] 1998 Left lateral nasopharyngeal wall 50 y M Recurrent nasal bleeding Chakravarti et al [19] 1998 Lateral nasopharyngeal wall 43 d F Respiratory distress, feeding difficulty Phansalkar et al [20] 2000 Left nasopharyngeal wall 12 y F Respiratory distress Burns et al [21] 2001 Left tonsil 5 d F Feeding difficulty De Caluwe et al [22] 2002 oropharynx 11 wk F Respiratory distress Jarvis and Bull [11] 2002 Left lateral nasopharyngeal wall 1 d F Respiratory distress Jarvis and Bul [11] 2002 Lateral nasopharyngeal wall 1 d F Respiratory distress, feeding difficulty Karagama et al [23] 2003 Right anterior tonsillar pillar 1 d F Respiratory distress Simoni et al [24] 2003 Left tonsillar fossa and middle ear 1 d F Hearing loss and hematemesis Erdogan et al [25] 2004 Tongue 40 d F Oral mass Kiroglu et al [26] 2004 Hard palate 1 d F Feeding difficulty Roh [12] 2004 Left lateral nasopharyngeal wall 7 mo F Feeding difficulty, sleep apnea Budenz et al [27] 2005 Pharynx 1 d F Respiratory distress, feeding difficulty Green and Pearl [28] 2006 [34] 2008 Left lateral nasopharyngeal wall 6 mo F Respiratory distress Planas et al [3] 2009 Orapharynx Fetus (20 wk) F Termination of high-risk pregnancy Aqraval et al [35] 2009 Left lateral nasopharyngeal wall 1 mo F Respiratory distress Karabekmez et al [36] 2009 Soft palate 9 mo F Respiratory distress, feeding difficulty Saliba et al [37] 2010 Tonsil 1 d F Respiratory distress Fawziyah and Linder [38] 2010 Oropharynx 2 mo F Respiratory distress, feeding difficulty Kalcioglu et al [39] 2010 …”

Neuroglial heterotopia causing neonatal airway obstruction: presentation, management, and literature review

“…Surgical resection is necessary in patients with nasopharyngeal lesions [10,17,18]. It should be performed as early as possible in the newborn period to allow for extubation and oral feeding [10,17,18].…”

“…It should be performed as early as possible in the newborn period to allow for extubation and oral feeding [10,17,18]. Long-term follow-up with imaging is recommended, although recurrence is rare [4].…”

Congenital Hairy Polyp of Eustachian Tube in an Adult: An Unusual Case

“…It may al so help to avo id un de si rab le comp li cati ons as well as to ex ci se the le si ons si tu a ted clo se to eus tac hi an tu be ope ning. 1,6 In conc lu si on, CHPs sho uld be kept in mind in the dif fe ren ti al dig no sis of na sop hary nge al masses even tho ugh they oc cur ra rely in adults.…”

“…Sixty percent of the hairy polyps develop on the lateral nasopharynx or the superior surface of the soft palate; the remainder mostly originate from tonsillar region or nasopharynx, and a few from eustachian tube or the middle ear. [1][2][3] The polyps are six fold common in females than in males. They are recognized most frequently in the neonatal period, but may occasionally be discovered in childhood and seldom in old age.…”