General Medical Information

Growths and Neoplasms

Richard L. Mabry

Hyperplastic growths that cause nasal airway occlusion include adenoidal hypertrophy, nasal polyposis, benign and malignant neoplasms, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, and granulomatous disease. Of these, adenoidal hypertrophy and nasal polyposis are the first and second most common lesions. Papilloma and salivary neoplasms are the most common benign neoplasms. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm. Malignant tumors of the nasal cavity are discussed in Chapter 105 and Chapter 116.