OBJECTIVE: To describe the case of inverted papillome at an early age. Clinical case: a female patient with 16 years of age, who consulted for left nasal obstruction than a year developing the associated hyposmia, epistaxis and purulent rhinorrhea. Is evaluated endoscopicaly polypoid tumor occupying the entire left nasal cavity. Tomographically is hyperdense image occupying the entire left nasal cavity, ethmoid and sphenoid sines veiled. Maxillary sinus free. No evidence of osseous LISE. Undergoes endoscopic sinus surgery with left ethmoidectomy, maxillary and sphenoidectomy antromia with recession of the tumor and cauterization of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. Pathological anatomy informs inverted papillome without atypical cells. The development of post operative period was satisfactory with no complications. CONCLUSION: The extremely rare presentation of inverted papillome in patients at an early age was the reason for the submission of this report, we describe with more frequency in patients over 40 years of age.