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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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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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Unilateral atresia is an extremely uncommon congenital disorder in monozygotic twins. We present the first case in the literature of premature, monozygotic twins with no other congenital genetic defects other than only one twin with unilateral choanal atresia on the right side, being the other sibling completely normal. Diagnostic examinations performed to both twins consisted of nasal endoscop...
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Radiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2078-6778,1027-202X
DOI: 10.4102/sajr.v15i1.339