Nasal Cavity Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology

Nasal cavity carcinoma (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)

Nasal neoplasia in general

• Majority are malignant, locally invasive but do not metastasise
• Usually pale, soft, fleshy or friable
• May be osteoma or osteosarcoma, chondroma or chondrosarcoma, fibroma or fibrosarcoma, myxoma or myxosarcoma, haemangioma or haemangiosarcoma, adenoma or adenocarcinoma

Olfactory Neuroblastoma

Ethmoturbinate Tumours

Nasal and paranasal sinus cysts

• Mimic infection or neoplasms
• Expand and destroy surrounding tissue
• Epithelial capsule with haemorrhagic or yellow fluid
• Do not tend to recur after surgery

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