Hairy Polyp in Nasal Vestibule

Kim, Do Hun; Park, Seong Kook; Kim, Bomi

doi:2015.22.2.121

J Rhinol > Volume 22(2); 2015

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2015;22(2):121-122.
Published online November 30, 2015.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18787/jr.2015.22.2.121

Hairy Polyp in Nasal Vestibule

Do Hun Kim, Seong Kook Park, Bomi Kim

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inje University, College of Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea. sinus4@paik.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, Inje University, College of Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Hairy polyps are rare congenital benign masses of the head and neck. They mainly occur in the nasopharynx and oropharynx. This paper reports a 12-month-old female patient who had a 0.5-cm sausage-shaped mass in the left nasal vestibule with nasal obstruction and habitual nose-picking. This lesion was surgically removed with no complications under monitored anesthesia. There was no evidence of recurrence through 24 months. To the best our knowledge, this is the first English literature report of a patient with a hairy polyp arising from a nasal vestibule.

Key Words: Hairy polyp;Nasal vestibule