Pleomorphic adenoma originates from inferior nasal turbinate causing epiphora

• Published in: Clinical imaging Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 747 - 749
• Main Authors: Erol, Bekir, Selçuk, Ömer Tarık, Gürses, Cemil, Osma, Üstün, Köroğlu, Mert, Süren, Dinç
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-07-2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adenoma, Pleomorphic - complications; Adenoma, Pleomorphic - diagnosis; Adenoma, Pleomorphic - pathology; Endoscopy; Female; Humans; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases - diagnosis; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases - etiology; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases - pathology; Medical equipment; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Nasal cavity; Nose; Nose Neoplasms - complications; Nose Neoplasms - diagnosis; Nose Neoplasms - pathology; Pleomorphic adenoma; Radiology; Sonoelastography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tumors; Turbinates - diagnostic imaging; Turbinates - pathology; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; United States > US; Nasal cavity; Endoscopy; Pleomorphic adenoma; Sonoelastography
• ISSN: 0899-7071; 1873-4499
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.12.010

Abstract 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.