A Typical but Underdiagnosed Nasal Cavity Mass

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2018 Apr 19;102(1):35. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.1366.

Abstract

Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma is a relatively new diagnosis, only added to the World Health Organization classification of tumours in 2005. The lesion results from non-neoplastic overgrowth of glandular tissue in the nasal cavity and rarely in de sinus cavities and is often associated with nasal polyposis. The classical appearance of a bilateral mass in the olfactory cleft causing widening of the olfactory cleft allows the radiologist to suggest the diagnosis on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.

Keywords: REAH; nasal cavity mass; olfactory cleft; respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma.

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