Nasopharyngeal Chondrolipoma

[摘要] In this case report, we describe the presentation and treatment of a patient with nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. Lipomas are common soft tissue tumours, although their incidence in the nasopharynx is very low. A rarer variant of lipoma, chondrolipomas are benign mesenchymal tumours. They are formed by the proliferation of mature adipocytes and contain different amounts of mature cartilaginous tissue;Weiss “Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumours”, 4th ed: Mosby, St Louis; 2001This represents the second reported case of a nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. An endonasal approach to excision has not been previously described.

[学科分类] 耳鼻喉科学