Hi I am currently waiting for an urgent referral to ENT for a bleeding lump in my nose.  I have had one sided congestion for months, with post nasal drip  but put it down to a virus or something.  I saw my GP yesterday and he is really  concerned anout it.  I am going mad with worry, googling nasal cancer, which is rare, but I do have the classic symptoms.  I was due to go on holiday on 9 March but he said that it needs urgent attention.  Nasal cancer is very rare and there are not many posts on here about it.  I hope that your Mum's test results come back negative but please do let us know how she gets on.  

I went to the doctor as I had a blocked nose on one side and a nasal drip. It turned out to be a mass called an inverted papilloma, which had to be removed as it can turn cancerous. I have had 8 surgeries on this as it kept returning but fortunely I haven't needed any further ops over the last few years. All the best with your appts etc and hopefully it'll turnout to be something benign. 

Thank you Mary for your reply, I am so glad that you have been op free for a long time now.  I have read about terrible facial difigurment after surgery and this terrifies me.  How was your inverted papilloma diagnosed and what treatment did you have, if you don't mind me asking?

I went to see the ENT and then had a CT Scan it was diagnosed after removal when it had been to histology, I have had various surgeries, mostly through my nose. I had 2 via a small incision next to my eye as the tumour was coming from my frontal sinus. The scar is hardly visible now fortunately. 

Thank you Mary, I have been working myself up into a terrible state, thinking the worst.  I got a call today, my appointment with the Consultant is next Monday, counting the days, I wish that it was tomorrow. 

Hi Mary, I  had my ENT appointment yesterday, where the Consultant did a biopsy, he said that I will need a scan and whatever it is it will have to be removed.  At least things are moving on. x

Hi Mary, I  had my ENT appointment yesterday, where the Consultant did a biopsy, he said that I will need a scan and whatever it is it will have to be removed.  At least things are moving on. x

Hope all goes well.

Thank you. x

Hi how are you doing now Christmas, any update? My mum got the scan results through and they were clear thank goodness but they are still doing biopsy-which is finally happening next week. The glue ear cleared up so that was benign but part of the operation was supposed to be about fixing that and they would do the nose biopsy at the same time. The fact they still want to do the nose is now worrying as the main issue was supposed to be the ear, they obviously want to find out what it is. Everytime I search lump in nose in google it comes up with results for cancer..even though it's meant to be quite rare (and even rarer in women) there are not that many other things it could be I don't think so it's worrying. I can't stand the waiting and worrying! She has absolutely no symptoms at all now the glue ear has cleared up so that is promising and I guess if it does turn out to be cancer or something else that needs removing it was lucky it was found this way.

Hope all is fine with you. If anyone else here has any experience with nasal lumps that would be very helpful too x

Hi Cantmoveon, well,  I had the tumour removed in April, no radiotherapy.  It is an extremely rare cancer as you know.   l have seen the Consultant a few times since the surgery and I had a MRI at the beginning of August which came back clear.  However I am constantly anxious about it coming back and it is having a really negative impact on my life.

 I hope that your Mum has good news after the biopsy and you can stop worrying.

Best wishes

Lyn

Hi Lyn,

So sorry to hear what you've been through. It's reassuring the MRI came back clear-I wish there was more info about this type of cancer on here, there don't seem to be many stats at all. I know there are a few posts from people who have had nasal cancer, you've probably already read them. I'm sorry you are feeling really anxious about it coming back but I'm sure that is completely normal for what you've been through. If you need any support or just to chat you can always PM me. Hope you start to feel better about things soon x

Thank you xxx

Just to give an update. It seems that based on the clear scan results there was no need for a biopsy. Bit of a misunderstanding I think what with Covid delaying everything for months and my mums ear problem clearing up I think the hospital still thought they were going to treat that. Even though mum made sure to tell at least 2 different people beforehand that she didn't need the ear surgery anymore I don't think it got passed on leaving us thinking the hospital still wanted to do the nose biopsy. Anyway, so she will just be checked out again in a few months time. It appears we were all worrying for nothing. I don't know what the abnormality was/is but it appears it is not of concern right now based on the scan results. Thanks guys for all the support, wishing you all the best.