Open AccessUnilateral sinonasal masses: Review of clinical presentation and outcome in ahmadu bello university teaching hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu,
Muhammad Usman,
Abdulrazak Ajiya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_128_19
Subject(s) - medicine , inverted papilloma , rhinorrhea , presentation (obstetrics) , lesion , basal cell , pediatrics , surgery , nose , male to female , retrospective cohort study , papilloma , pathology
Unilateral persistent nasal obstruction may indicate the presence of sinonasal lesion, which could be inflammatory or neoplastic. It is a common practice to assume that unilateral nasal mass in adults is either inverted papilloma or a malignant lesion.