Nasopharyngeal bursitis: from embryology to clinical presentation

Figures & data

Table 1 Clinical presentation of Nasopharyngeal bursitis

	Number of patients
Sex
Males	4
Females	2
Mean age	54
Type of bursitis
Cyst	3
Crust	3
Symptoms
Cyst
Post nasal discharge
Throat irritation
Hemming
Cough
Crust
Intermittent crust expectoration and retching
Post nasal discharge
Occipital pain

Note: All patients had nothing significant in their past medical history apart from one patient with a pacemaker for atrial fibrillation who had cystic-type nasopharyngeal bursitis. No correlation could be made between occupation and the bursitis type because all six patients had different occupations

Figure 1 Thirty-degree rigid endoscopic appearance of nasopharyngeal bursitis. A) Crust type. Note the characteristic midline anatomic site with cicatricial streaks around the bursa. B) Cystic type. Photos are representative of three patients of each type showing very similar appearance. C) One-year postoperative endoscopic view of the crust type.

Figure 2 A) Low and B) high power fields showing histologic appearance of crust type bursitis showing reactive lymphoid mucosa with necrotic tissue.