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.

Details

Title
Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
Author
Mirza, AH 1 ; El-Shunnar, Suliman 1 ; Sama, Anshul 1 

 Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, UK 
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Feb 2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
20428812
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170665053
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