Abstract
In this case report, we describe the presentation and treatment of a patient with nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. Lipomas are common soft tissue tumours, although their incidence in the nasopharynx is very low. A rarer variant of lipoma, chondrolipomas are benign mesenchymal tumours. They are formed by the proliferation of mature adipocytes and contain different amounts of mature cartilaginous tissue; Weiss “Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumours”, 4th ed: Mosby, St Louis; 2001 This represents the second reported case of a nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma. An endonasal approach to excision has not been previously described.
Highlights
There are few reported cases of lipomas arising in the nasopharynx and only one reported case, of nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma [1]
In the present case we describe a nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma in a 70-year-old male
A chondrolipoma is a lipoma with focal cartilaginous metaplasia
Summary
There are few reported cases of lipomas arising in the nasopharynx and only one reported case, of nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma [1]. In the present case we describe a nasopharyngeal chondrolipoma in a 70-year-old male. Lipomas are common benign tumours of mesenchymal origin. Lipomas consist of adipocytes arranged in lobules separated by septa of fibrous connective tissue. They may be associated with other mesenchymal elements. Histopathological variants include fibrolipomas, angiolipomas, myolipomas, osteolipomas and chondrolipomas [2, 3]. In this case, it was possible to excise the chondrolipoma via an endonasal endoscopic approach
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