Adult congenital bilateral choanal atresia at 49-year-old: a case report of a rare entity
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Yenido¤anlar hayatlar›n›n ilk birkaç ay›nda zorunlu olarak burundan nefes al›rlar. Yenido¤anda bilateral konjenital atrezi; düzensiz nefes alma, intermittan siyanoz, a¤lama ile semptomlar›n düzelmesi, beslenme ile respiratuvar s›k›nt›n›n artmas› ve bazen neonatal asfiksiye ba¤l› ölümlere neden olmas› dolay›s› ile acil bir durumdur. Fark edilmeden yetiflkin döneme kadar ulaflabilen konjenital bilateral koanal atrezi literatürde çok nadir olarak belirtilmifltir. Biz bilateral burun t›kan›kl›¤› ve anosmi flikayeti bulunan, literatürdeki ikinci en yafll› olgu olan 49 yafl›nda bilateral koanal atrezi hastas›n› sunuyoruz.
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