Giant hypopharyngeal fibroepithelial polyp: a case report and literature review

Abstract

Fibroepithelial pharyngeal polyps are rare. We herein report a case of a 56-year-old Asian woman who presented with voice hoarseness and throat discomfort for several years because of a giant pharyngeal polyp. We resected the polyp under general anesthesia. It originated in the left hypopharyngeal wall. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. Her sore throat was diminished within 1 week after the operation. Pathological findings revealed a benign fibroepithelial polyp. At the time of this writing, the polyp had shown no regrowth. To our knowledge, this report describes the second largest fibroepithelial polyp among those reported previously.

Keywords

• fibroepithelial polyp
• hypopharynx
• nasoendoscopy