CASE
HISTORY / CLINIC:
22-year-old patient with occasional sore throat and flow of pharyngeal mucous.
Frequent episodes of cold.
FINDINGS:
The T2-weighted axial image of the nasopharynx (above) demonstrates a
small, highly hyperintense mass in the middle of the nasopharyngeal space.
This image also demonstrates a secondary finding of a polypoid
swelling of the mucous membrane lining the right maxillary sinus that is
also seen to a lesser extent on the left. This mass in the middle of the nasopharyngeal
space appears hypointense in
the post
contrast T1-weighted axial image
(below).
DIAGNOSIS:
Thornwaldt cyst
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Other cysts
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