Encapsulated Sinonasal Schwannoma Mimicking an Antrochoanal Polyp. 2019

Abdulrazak Ajiya, and Nafisatu Bello-Muhammad
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AKTH/Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

Extracranial schwannomas are uncommon neoplasms of the sinonasal tract arising from peripheral nerve shealth. Mostly acapsulated on histology, but few cases of encapsulated schwannomas have been reported. Its symptoms are nonspecific and initial clinical diagnosis is frequently missed. We report a 13-year-old boy with a huge, encapsulated sinonasal schwannoma initially thought to be an antrochoanal polyp. Computed tomography scan demonstrated a huge irregularly shaped mildly enhancing isodense mass in the right nasal cavity with lateral extension to the ipsilateral maxillary sinus, superior extension into the ethmoids and frontal sinuses and posteriorly into the nasopharynx. The tumour was completely excised via a lateral rhinotomy and patient is still on follow-up.

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