Date of Presentation:1/29/2022

Attending pathologist: Paul Wakely, MD

Presented by: Saba Shafi, MD

Prepared by: Saba Shafi, MD

Organ:Paranasal Sinus

HISTORY:

A 63-year-old female with recurrent nasal polyps, nasal and lip papilloma with revision right total ethmoidectomy, revision right sphenoid sinusotomy with removal of tissue, medial maxillectomy for resection of an inverted papilloma, and resection of the right nasal septal mucosa carried. A biopsy from the maxillary sinus is shown.

GROSS:

Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue

What is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. Sinonasal polyp, inverted type
  2. Sinonasal polyp, oncocytic type
  3. Sinonasal polyp, exophytic type
  4. Sinonasal inflammatory polyp
Sinonasal polyp, oncocytic type

CASE SUMMARY