UNILATERAL CHOANAL ATRESIA - PRESENTATION IN VARIED AGE GROUP S
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Nasal polyps masking a unilateral choanal atresia.
hoanal atresia is a congenital anomaly characterized by failure of communication of the posterior nasal cavity with the nasopharynx. It may be a component of coloboma, heart disease, atresia of choanae, retard growth and development (CHARGE) association or central nervous system anomalies, genital hypoplasia and ear anomalies,1 facio-genito-popliteal syndrome,2 ileal atresia,3 cerebro-costo-man...
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OBJECTIVE To present data of cases with choanal atresia (CA) from Saudi patients, and to compare them to the data from the international literature. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the data available from the files of 37 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of CA at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 1999 and December 2005. This involve...
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Choanal atresia is caused by failure of resorption of the bucco-pharyngeal membrane during embryonic development. The atresia can be membranous or bony in nature, but is usually mixed in most cases. When the atresia is bilateral, newborns can have severe airway distress and cyanosis is alleviated by crying. Bilateral choanal atresia is managed with an oropharyngeal airway. Flexible nasal endosc...
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Bilateral choanal atresia is a congenital anomaly which occurs immediately after birth and requires immediate intervention. Therefore, it is very rare to see a patient who has reached an advanced age. In this article, we report two cases (sisters) who were able to reach advanced ages with bilateral choanal atresia. In the light of these two adult cases, we aimed to review the diagnostic and the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2278-4748,2278-4802
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2015/460