Pleomorphic adenoma originates from inferior nasal turbinate causing epiphora.
Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign tumor of the salivary glands. A 62-year-old female patient presented with epiphora and was suffering from breathing difficulties. With the diagnostic nasal endoscopy, a mass, originating from right inferior nasal turbinate and filling the entire nasal cavity, was seen. Originating from the inferior nasal turbinate is a very rare entity. Paranasal sinus computed tomography and magnetic resonance images revealed a mass that fills and expands the right nasal cavity. Mass was hypoechoic in B-mode ultrasonography and hypovascular in color Doppler ultrasonography, and rate of tissue stiffness was high in sonoelastography. These were helpful for the diagnosis.
Department of Radiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey. dr.bekirerol@gmail.com
Bekir
B
Erol
Ömer Tarik
ÖT
Selçuk
Cemil
C
Gürses
Üstün
Ü
Osma
Mert
M
Köroğlu
Dinç
D
Süren
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color