A pot pourri of sinonasal stinkers: diagnostic pitfalls in nasal polyps not to be sniffed at

We often associate nasal olfaction with desirable sensations, but the nose and paranasal sinuses also have an important role in filtration, detection and inactivation of particulate, chemical and biological irritants or toxins. The delicate mucosal lining of the sinonasal tract can be damaged by these external insults, and mutations affecting its diverse cellular components can result in an abundance of histological tumour types. While these are too numerous to catalogue in this short article, we have chosen a “fragrant pot pourri” of tumour types that have caused these authors diagnostic difficulties in the past and should therefore be of interest to the specialist trainee and jobbing histopathologist.

Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - February 16, 2023 Category: Pathology Authors: Hoi Ki Leung, Elinor George, Tim Bracey Tags: Mini-symposium: head and neck pathology Source Type: research