Starobinska E, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221004 Description A 53-year-old female presented with a 2-week history of shortness of breath, cough and fever. Over the past 6 months, she reported painful tongue ulcers and pain in her nose, accompanied with nasal crusting and yellowish discharge. She had a history of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, diagnosed 10 years ago, and she w...

Saddle nose deformity due to gunshot injury is a challenging problem for the maxillofacial surgeon. Because of the severe damage to the soft and bony tissues, the reconstructive options are very limited. In the present case report, a saddle nose deformity sustained from gunshot injury was reconstructed with a porous polyethylene nasal implant after a successful expansion of the nasal dorsum ski...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of calvarial bone in the reconstruction of saddle nose deformity. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Plastic Surgery Unit of Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, from July 2004 to October 2009. It comprised 19 patients who underwent saddle nose deformity reconstruction with calvarial bone graft. All patients we...

INTRODUCTION Saddle nose deformity due to autoimmune diseases such as Wegener's Granulomatosis and Relapsing Polychondritis is aesthetically, functionally and psychologically distressing for patients. However, "reliable" options for surgical correction remain limited in the literature. We present our experience of augmentation rhinoplasty in this patient population focussing on the techniques a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a reproducible surgical technique for augmentation rhinoplasty of complex saddle nose deformities, which are characterized by substantial loss of nasal structural support and result in multiple nasal abnormalities. DESIGN Case series and surgical outcome study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS A total of 43 patients (32 female and 11 male; mean +/- SD age, ...