Background and Objectives: In this presentation, we tried to discuss indetail the reasons why the endoscopic techinique is useful when applied to diagnosis, treatment and follow up of benign masses in these areas. Materials and
Methods: We
reviewed retrospectively the records of 24 patients with benign nasal tumors treated withendoscopic resection between January 1995 and July 1997 at Samsung Medical Center. Results: The clinical symptoms were nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea,
epistaxis, hyposmia, postansal drip, and cough in the descending order. Among the benign tumors, inverting papilloma was most common, followed by granluom pyogenicum, hemangioma, fibrous dysplasia, osteoma, papilloma, and oncocytic schneiderian
papilloma. No recurrence was found at mean follow-up of 23 months except one case of fibrous dysplasia. Conclusion: This technique can be used to remove benign tumors with excellent result, thereby avoiding the disadvantages of external
approaches.
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