Dyspnea and dysphagia in a child due to an antrochoanal polyp.
A 3-year-old girl with complaints of dyspnea and dysphagia due to a huge antrochoanal polyp is presented. On examination of the left nostril a huge polyp occupying whole of the nostril was seen with mucoid discharge. It was so huge that it was reaching the laryngopharynx and causing dyspnea and dysphagia (11 cm in length and 3 cm in diameter). The tracheostomy was avoided by performing an emergency polypectomy.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery