MASS IN THE POST NASAL SPACE AND ACQUIRED-IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

We report a case of previously undiagnosed acquired immunodeficiency s yndrome (AIDS) who had a mass in the post-nasal space causing almost c omplete nasal obstruction. Histology showed both respiratory and squam ous epithelium covering an active chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Lym phoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and infiltrative fungal sinusitis were exclude d. There was no evidence of the common viruses associated with lesions in AIDS. Unlike adenoid hypertrophy, the lesion was an exuberant grow th with an additional chronic inflammatory reaction due to ulceration of the surface epithelium.