Unilateral Choanal Atresia Presenting With Congenital Respiratory Distress and Recurrent Cyanotic Episodes
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Congenital choanal atresia.
Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. Bilateral choanal atresia is potentially life threatening in newborns. Most of these cases present early in life with cyclical phases of respiratory distress and apnoea, which gets relieved by crying. In fewer cases it goes undiagnosed to present in adult life with rhinorrhoea ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0145-5613,1942-7522
DOI: 10.1177/01455613211020978