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Benign tumours of nasopharynx are extremely rare; seen predominantly in children and young adults. Patients usually present with seemingly innocuous symptoms and an error in judgement can be catastrophic. This is a retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed to have benign tumours of nasopharynx by histopathological examination in our tertiary care referral centre. The period of study is from September 2009 to August 2010. Eight patients with complete clinical data were identified and included in the study. All the patients were males with a mean age of 21.37 years (range 10–43). Following surgical excision patients were followed up for a mean period of 6.5 months (range 3–14). The Clinical profile, investigation modalities, treatment options are being analysed here.
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Mohanty, S., Gopinath, M. & Subramanian, M. Benign Tumours of Nasopharynx—Revisited. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 65 (Suppl 1), 22–25 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-011-0384-6
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