Case Presentation of the Sphenochoanal Polyp: A Rare Entity
HAMZA AHMED ISMAE *
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Alexandre H da costa
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
DIARRA Seydou
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
AMIRI Yassine
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
S.OURAINI
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
M.ZALAGH
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
N.Errami
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
F BENARIBA
Service orl de L’hôpital Militaire D’instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The spheno-choanal polyp is a rare pathology of choanal polyps that originates in the sphenoid sinus and extends towards the choana via the sphenoethmoidal recess. We report a case of sphenochoanal polyp in a 35-year-old man who presented with chronic bilateral
nasal obstruction that had been developing for four years. The incidence of sphenochoanal polyp is extremely rare, especially in young people. Symptomatically, it resembles an antrochoanal polyp. Therefore, adequate preoperative evaluation with endoscopic examination and computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is necessary for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate surgical strategy. The treatment of choice is endoscopic surgical excision.
Keywords: spheno-choanal polyp, choanal polyps, sphenoid sinus, antrochoanal polyp