Unilateral Congenital Choanal Atresia: A Rare Missed Cause of Chronic Nasal Discharge
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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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Congenital Choanal Atresia (CCA) is the developmental misstep or inadequacy of the nasal cavity to connect posteriorly with the nasopharynx. Bilateral atresia presents with life threatening asphyxia at birth, while unilateral variety often remains unnoticed and presents later. This is to highlight the importance of taking into account the bilateral form in differential diagnosis of severe respi...
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Case A baby girl was born via emergency lower segment caesarean section after 33 weeks’ gestation. The mother had developed premature uterine contraction, leaking liquor followed by acute fetal distress condition as shown on cardiotocograph. The 1.85 kg baby was intubated in the operating theatre because of respiratory distress. The baby was noted to have a fl at nasal bridge, low set ears, pro...
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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 ...
متن کاملCongenital bilateral choanal atresia.
Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with nasopharynx. Surgical repair is recommended in the first weeks of life in bilateral cases because this is a life-threatening situation in newborns. This is a case report of a full-term, healthy newborn baby presenting with intermittent attacks of cyanosis and respiratory distress soon after bir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1511-4511
DOI: 10.51407/mjpch.v26i1.21