Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Nasal polyps

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Benign nasal polyp (not otherwise specified), consisting of hyperplastic edematous connective tissue with some seromucous glands and cells representing inflammation (mostly neutrophils and eosinophils). In early stages, the surface of the nasal polyp is covered by normal respiratory epithelium, but later it undergoes metaplastic change to squamous type epithelium (because of the constant irritation and inflammation). The submucosa shows large intercellular spaces filled with serous fluid.[1]

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References

  1. Michaels, Leslie (2012-12-06) (in en). Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 168. ISBN 9781447133322. 

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