Adult-onset woakes' syndrome: Report of two cases.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Woakes' syndrome is a rare condition commonly defined as recurrent sinonasal polyposis with consecutive destruction of the nasal pyramid. Till now, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to present the features of woakes' syndrome through two new clinical cases, adding some valuable insight to the recently reported cases.

Case report

We report a series of two consecutive adults male and female patients, aged 55 and 58 years, with Samter's triad, who presented recurrent nasal polyposis and progressive broadening of the nasal dorsum. Facial CT showed in both patients the same radiologic pattern of nasal and paranasal cavities obliteration with nasal bone deformation. Both patients underwent functional endoscopic sinus s

SUBMITTER: Chennoufi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377525 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature