Focusing on the clinical diagnosis and risk of hairy polyp: A report of 7 cases

Abstract

The hairy polyp is a rare congenital tumor. We introspected 7 cases of hairypolyp that were operated on in our hospital. Microscopically, they all containedonly ectoderm and mesoderm tissue and the surface of tumors covered skinand hair regularly. One patient died of a hemorrhage and one girl’s hairypolyp occurred in nose. The result indicates that age, pedicle and thin hairare significant markers for the differential diagnosis of hairy polyp and itis important to closely follow a patient post operatively not only for airwayobstruction but also hemorrhage.