The objective of this study is to report a 5-year experience with Respiratory Epithelial Adenomatoid Hamartoma (REAH) of the olfactory clefts. The study design is retrospective observational study and the setting is in a Tertiary medical center. The charts of all adult patients operated on bilateral nasal polyps between 2003 and 2008 were retrospectively checked up on the diagnosis of REAH. Three periods have been distinguished according to our experience with REAH. REAH can be observed either as bilateral pseudotumours confined to the olfactory clefts (n = 12 between 2003 and 2008) or associated to nasal polyposis of the ethmoid labyrinths. As the diagnosis of associated REAH became more evident, the number of recognized cases increased from 0% in 2003 and 2004 to 1.6% in 2005 (1/64 patients) and 12.5% in 2006 (10/80 patients) (period 1). Systematic endoscopy of the olfactory clefts during ethmoid labyrinth surgery increased the proportion to 27% (27/100 patients) (period 2). Systematic biopsies of abnormal mucosa in the olfactory clefts during ethmoid surgery increased the proportion to 48% (31/65 patients). The histopathological diagnosis of REAH has been described in 1995 and added to the World Health Organization classification of tumours in 2005. Pseudotumoural REAH confined to the olfactory clefts represent a differential diagnosis for bilateral naso-ethmoidal polyposis. The significance of REAH associated to naso-ethmoidal polyposis is unclear.
Objective: This study was aimed to assess the early morphological results of a new septorhinoplasty technique based on disarticulation (SRD) between bony and cartilaginous nose structures. Methodology: A retrospective, multi-judge, blind comparison of pre- and post-operative photographs displayed on Google documents was designed. A nasal morphology analysis grid based on 10 items was fulfilled independently by 6 judges to assess pre- and post-operatively, two times with a 15 day interval, the severity of each deformity by a score between 0 and 2. The sum of all deformities in a single patient produced the individual global score of nasal deformity, which was set between 0 and 20 for each patient. Pre- and post-operative individual global scores were compared using Student`s t test on paired samples. Percentages of post-operative improvement and deterioration were calculated for each item. Results: Thirty-five SRD were analyzed. Before surgery, 80% of noses were humped and 86% were crooked; three months after surgery, 64% of noses had a rectilinear nasal crest on profile and 57% on facial view. The mean global score of deformities drop- ped from 11.1 before surgery to 5.8 after surgery, an improvement of 47% . Improvement rates of 82% and 74.3% were obtained, respectively, for hump profiles and orbitonasal lines. Discussion: The early morphological results of SRD allow to propose this technique as a possible solution to correct crooked noses with humps.
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