Nasal polyps usually begin in the ethmoid sinuses and will eventually grow into open areas. Large polyps can block sinuses and or nasal airway. People with nasal polpys will complain of having a cold that has lasted for months or years.
Causes: aspirin sensitivity (wheezing), asthma, chronic sinus infections, cystic fibrosis, and hay fever.
Symptoms: mouth breathing, nose feeling blocked, reduced or total loss of smell, and runny nose.
Test: CT scan is performed and if positive for nasal polyps they will show up cloudy where the polyps are located.
Treatment: medications can be given, but usually do not get rid of the polyps, but they will help with the symptoms, nasal steriod sprays, Corticosteroid pills or liquid, antibiotics, and some people will require surgery. With removing the polyps from surgery it usually makes it easier to breath through the nose, but overtime the polyps will return.
Complications: bleeding and infection.
Axial (left) and coronal (right) view of CT imaging of the face demonstrating multiple nasal polyps (arrows)
that appear to have originated from both the lateral wall and the ethmoid process. The patient who has had
prior nasal polypectomy presented with chronic sinusitis, nasal obstruction and mild headache.
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