%0 Journal Article
%T Chondro-osseous respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma of the nasal cavity
%A Fedda
%A Faysal
%A Boulos
%A Fouad
%A Sabri
%A Alain
%J International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
%D 2013
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.7162/S1809-97772013000200017
%X introduction: chondro-osseous respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma (coreah) is a benign lesion of the nose and sinuses that is extremely rare, with only 2 cases reported in the literature to date. case report: we present herein the third reported case of coreah, in a 38-year-old woman who presented with left nasal obstruction and a mass in her left nasal cavity. the mass was completely resected endoscopically. microscopic examination showed hamartomatous proliferation of respiratory-type glands with mucinous metaplasia admixed with numerous spicules of mature bone, characteristic of coreah. conclusion: coreah is a benign hamartomatous proliferation of respiratory epithelium, submucosal glands, and chondro-osseous mesenchyme. the clinical differential diagnoses for such lesions include glandular hamartoma, inflammatory polyp, inverted papilloma, and low-grade sinonasal adenocarcinoma. recognition of this lesion as benign despite its potentially worrisome radiographic appearance is important to avoid an unnecessarily radical surgical procedure.
%K nasal cavity
%K hamartoma
%K nasal polyps.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1809-48642013000200017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en