Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma-an unusual origin & presentation.

Case report presenting an unusual site of angiofibroma is described. An adult male presented with a mass hanging out from the right nostril with epistaxis. A C.T. scan performed in this cast described it to be an infected polyp. The patient was operated upon. The mass arose from the septum and bled on removal. The histopathological diagnosis of the mass showed characteristic features of an angiofibroma.

Inverted Papilloma - An Unusual Presentation (Foreign-Body like).

Inverted papilloma of the nose is an uncommon, but, well document ed lesion of the mucosal lining of the nose and paranasal sinuses. The manifestation of this disease are usually unilateral nasal obstruction, mucopurulent nasal discharge, anosinia and occasional headache. It is very rare to she this condition presenting with dyspnoea and dysphagia due to its extension in the laryngopharynx. In this paper, we report a patient who presented to us with dyspnoea and dysphagia due to a huge papillomatous mass extending from right nasal cabity to the maxillary antrum laterally, posteriorly into the nasopharynx, interiorly into the oropharynx and the laryngopharynx.