Bilateral oropharyngeal hairy polyps: a rare cause of dyspnea in newborns

Yilmazer, Rasim; Kersin, Burak; Soylu, Erkan; Altın, Gökhan; Çakır, Aslı; Yılmaz, Fatma

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.06.001

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“…[4][5][6][7] The incidence of HP is six times higher in women. 3,8,9 Four out of 10 cases of oral HP reported in the present review occurred in men (Table 2). [10][11][12] Although the lesions are often early diagnosed, some cases are late diagnosed due to lack of symptoms, 12 as that reported herein.…”

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“…1,3 There are some reported cases of multiple lesions in newborns and adults, but these are considered rare. 9 The present review reports only one case of bilateral HP. 11 Although HPs are considered as rare lesions, especially in the oral cavity, they are the most common congenital benign tumors of the naso-oropharyngeal region.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…12,13 The present review describes three cases of HP in the tongue, 4,10,14 two asymptomatic cases, 2,11 and three cases with no reports of the presence or absence of symptoms. 10,12,14 It is worth noting that most lesions are single and unilateral, 3,9 and they occur 6.5 times more frequently on the left side. 1,6,7 The lesion described here was single, pedunculated and located in the midline of the tongue, 15 which made it simple for the mass to be excised without the need for preoperative imaging.…”

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Oral Hairy Polyp in a Teenager: Case Report and Literature Review

Souza

Santos

Silva

et al. 2020

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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Objective: To report an unusual case of oral hairy polyp (HP) and review the literature, providing epidemiological, clinical and histopathological information on this disease. Case description: A 12-year-old male patient was referred to a Stomatology department with a nodule in the posterior midline of the tongue. The patient did not know exactly when it arose or whether it had grown since then. Clinical exam revealed a bulky and mobile pedunculated mass lesion on the dorsum of the tongue, with a diameter of approximately 1 cm. The patient’s mother reported no previous health problem. An excisional biopsy was performed, the surgical specimen was sent for anatomopathological analysis, and the findings were compatible with the diagnosis of HP. Comments: Hairy polyp is a rare lesion, especially in the oral region. The literature search revealed only 10 case reports of oral HP published between January 1999 and January 2019, and they revealed a predominance of the disease in female newborns. Two uncommon facts were presented in this case: the patient was male and diagnosis was made at 12 years old.

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Oral Hairy Polyp in a Teenager: Case Report and Literature Review

Souza

Santos

Silva

et al. 2020

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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“…Focusing on the laterality of hairy polyps, most of the lesions reported were located in the left side [ 8 ]. However, Yilmazer et al reported the first case of simultaneous bilateral hairy polyps in a female newborn in 2015 [ 9 ]. Symptoms caused by hairy polyps vary greatly depending on the size and location of the lesion, from being relatively asymptomatic, like our reported case, to those causing a wide range of symptoms ranging from suffocation and neonatal stridor to feeding difficulties, vomiting, hemoptysis, and recurrent middle ear infections [ 10 , 11 ].…”

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Presence of Two Separate Hairy Polyps with Meningothelial Elements in a 15-Month-Old Child

Alghamdi

Almutairi

Alokby

2021

Case Reports in Otolaryngology

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Hairy polyps are benign embryological tumors of the head and neck region that are derived from two germinal layers, the ectoderm and mesoderm. At an incidence of 1 : 40000, hairy polyps are considered rare growths. Presenting symptoms of hairy polyps can vary greatly depending on the size and location of the tumor. To the best of our knowledge, our reported case is the first in the literature to highlight an extremely rare occurrence of two separate hairy polyps being simultaneously present in one patient, in the clivus and the nasion, with the presence of meningothelial cells within both tumors, histopathologically. With surgical resection as the management of choice, the approach of surgery differs greatly depending on many factors. Since the patient in our reported case had a cleft palate, we used a combined transnasal and transoral approach to fully release the clival mass and a direct skin incision for the nasion mass. Recurrence after complete surgical resection is rare, and if happens, it should rise suspicion of histopathologically misdiagnosed tumor. We amplified the importance of advanced radiological investigations along with proper multidisciplinary teamwork to exclude CNS connections and other histologically malignant tumors and to early pick up a possible simultaneous lesion.

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