A girl is described with bilateral retinal colobomata, Fallot's tetralogy, unilateral choanal atresia, abnormalities of the external ears, bilateral sensorineural deafness, a unilateral facial nerve palsy, and a tracheo-oesophageal fistula. A clinical diagnosis of the CHARGE association was made. She had an apparently balanced whole arm translocation involving chromosomes 6 and 8. Parental kary...

The avian respiratory system is different from that of mammals. Although some surgical techniques can be adapted from those used in mammals, many are unique to avian patients (e.g., choanal atresia correction and air sac cannulation). This article reviews the common surgeries of the upper and lower respiratory systems and describes surgical techniques for the treatment of chronic sinusitis and ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze factors affecting 15-year surgical outcomes of choanal atresia repair. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric hospital. PATIENTS Between April 17, 1996, and March 23, 2010, a total of 42 patients aged 3 days to 15 years underwent endoscopic or transpalatal choanal atresia repair by our pediatric otolaryngology faculty. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Reoperation ...

Introduction Choanal atresia (CA) is a challenging surgical problem defined as a failure in the development of communication between the nasal cavity and nasopharynx. Objective The objective of this study is to describe computed tomography (CT) findings in cases with bilateral choanal atresia. Methods The study involved performing axial and coronal non-contrast CT scanning with 2-3 mm sections ...

CHARGE syndrome is a condition that can disturb numerous areas of human body. As an abbreviation CHARGE stands for: coloboma, heart defects, atresia choanae, and retardation of growth, genital, and ear abnormalities. The configuration of malformations differs among individuals with this disorder, and the various health issues can be life-threatening during infancy and childhood. Affected indivi...

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...

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 lifethreatening 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 birt...