Nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma.
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.
Kinshuck
A J
AJ
Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK.
Agrawal
S
S
Patel
V M
VM
Bishop
P W
PW
Jones
P H
PH