The clinical and histopathological assessment of nasal mass amongst patients in ear, nose, and throat

• Published in: International journal of health sciences pp. 775 - 783
• Main Authors: Toppo, Shankar Marshal, Gupta, Vikas, Gulati, Rahul, Dhone, Pravin G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.07.2022
• ISSN: 2550-6978; 2550-696X
• DOI: 10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.11324

The nose of the prominent feature of the face and often catches the attention of the face and often catches the attention on the looker whenever it is deformed or altered in shape. Nose is not only important functionally, but automatically and aesthetically as well as. What is pleasing and what is pleasing and what is beautiful is difficult to answer and depends upon the emotional reaction of the be holder. The observations are made from the study of 130 patients with mass in nose attending E.N.T. Department of V.S.S. Medical College Hospital, Burla from September 2009 to August 2011. Out of total number of 20,215 patients attending E.N.T. OPD 459. 130 cases of mass in nose, attending the ENT OPD, VSS Medical College Hospital, Burla from September 2009 to August 2011 were taken for study, which comprised 0.64% of total patients of that period. Rhinosporidiosis was found        to    the most  common     lesion (34.61%) among them followed by AC polyp (16.92%) & Ethmoidal polyp (13.84%). Hemangioma constitute 7.71% of cases, Sq cell papilloma 4.6°/o inverted papilloma 2.3%, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma 2.2%.