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Coexistence of benign schwannoma and lymphoma in a nasal polyp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Nausheen Yaqoob
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Irshad Soomro
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Tariq Moatter
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abbas Zaffar
Affiliation:
Department of Ear Nose and Throat, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

Abstract

The existence of a combined benign schwannoma and lymphoma presenting as a nasal polyp has not been described in the English literature. We are reporting this rare combination in a 50-year-old male whose presenting symptoms were nasal obstruction, nasal deformity and headache. Examination of the left nasal cavity revealed a mass which was confined to the nose on computed tomography (CT) scan examination. Histopathology of the mass revealed a major component to be a benign schwannoma and a minor component a large B-cell lymphoma.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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