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Case Reports
. 2013 Feb 10;2013(2):rjs048.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjs048.

Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss

A H Mirza  1 , Suliman El-Shunnar  2 , Anshul Sama  2
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Case Reports

Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss

A H Mirza et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Amyloidosis is typically a systemic depositional disease, diagnosed on clinical symptoms and signs in conjunction with histopathology. When occurring on a localized basis in the head and neck, the lesion is most commonly observed in the larynx. Primary localized nasal amyloidosis however is an uncommon finding, with 25 reported cases in the literature to date. We present the case of a young woman presenting with primary localized nasal amyloidosis secondary to the curious symptoms of unilateral hearing loss.

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Images from left-sided rigid endoscopy demonstrating an abnormal cystic mass.
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Figure 2:
Initial CT images of sinonasal lesion.
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Figure 3:
MRI images of sinonasal lesion.
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