01354nas a2200337 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653000900065653001100074653001600085653001100101653001400112653003700126653001100163653001200174653000900186653001600195653000900211653001800220653001900238653001600257653001700273100001300290700001500303245004500318300001200363490000600375520062100381022001401002 1980 d c1980 May10aAdult10aAged10aBiopsy10aCholesterol10aFemale10aGranuloma10aGranulomatosis with Polyangiitis10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNose10aNose Diseases10aNose Neoplasms10aSarcoidosis10aTuberculosis1 aCoup A J1 aHopper I P00aGranulomatous lesions in nasal biopsies. a293-3080 v43 a

A series of 19 cases has been reviewed in which biopsy of an intra-nasal lesion revealed a granulomatous pathology. These have been classified on an aetiological basis. They include infections, Wegener's granuloma and neoplasms with a granulomatous stroma. One patient with sarcoidosis first presented with lesions in the nasal cavity. Cholesterol granulomata were seen in four lesions removed from the paranasal sinuses. In six cases clinical and histological examination failed to show a cause for the granulomata; in all of these patients the nasal cavity was free from disease at a subsequent examination.

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