A growth made of skin, hair follicles, and fat is unusual anywhere inside the airway. Doctors in South Korea have now reported one in a spot they say has not been described in the English-language medical literature: the lateral wall of a 13-year-old's nasal cavity.
The case, from the departments of otorhinolaryngology and pathology at Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, was published online in February. It breaks two strong patterns associated with hairy polyps. They are typically found in newborns and infants, and usually in the throat rather than the nose.
