title: Nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma.
abstract: In this case report, we describe the presentation and treatment of a patient with nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. Lipomas are common soft tissue tumours, although their incidence in the nasopharynx is very low. A rarer variant of lipoma, chondrolipomas are benign mesenchymal tumours. They are formed by the proliferation of mature adipocytes and contain different amounts of mature cartilaginous tissue; Weiss "Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumours", 4th ed: Mosby, St Louis; 2001 This represents the second reported case of a nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. An endonasal approach to excision has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kinshuck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jones