title: Pharyngeal hairy polyps: five new cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Pharyngeal hairy polyps are rare lesions that present as a pedunculated mass that may arise from the oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal regions of the pharynx. The mass has the potential to partially or completely obstruct pathways towards the trachea and/or esophagus resulting in respiratory distress and/or feeding difficulties respectively. They have a predilection for female infants of 6:1 with the vast majority of the cases occurring in the infantile period. We report 5 cases of the hairy polyp in female infants, one of which showed unusual presentation since it was diagnosed at ten months of age.
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Pathology, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Brent M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cone
authors.forename: Mana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taweevisit
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shenoda
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sobol
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schemankewitz
authors.forename: Bahig M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Shehata
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology*