Antrochoanal Polyp

This is a special type of nasal polyp occurring in adolescents and young

adults. Unilateral nasal obstruction is caused by a gray single polyp seen
in the postnasal space. The maxillary sinus is opaque on radiograph.
Fig. 3.76 Nasal polyps in the oropharynx. Extensive nasal polyps may extend
beyond the soft palate and present in the oropharynx (arrow).
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Fig. 3.77a Antrochoanal polyp seen with the postnasal mirror. A large antrochoanal
polyp may present below the soft palate. A solitary polyp in one choana is
almost certainly an antrochoanal polyp, but a vascular polyp that should be
remembered as a differential diagnosis is the angiofibroma of male puberty.
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