Down syndrome (DS) is the most common aneuploid disorder at birth. The life expectancy of persons with DS has improved over the last forty years and is now at about sixty years. Phenotypic characteristics include general hypotonia, maxillary hypoplasia with a small oral cavity and a somewhat larger appearing tongue, frequent constricted maxillary arch, nasal obstruction and others. This prospec...

We present a case of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that required multilevel surgical correction of the airway and literature review and discuss the role supraglottic laryngeal collapse can have in OSA. A 34-year-old man presented to a tertiary otolaryngology clinic for treatment of OSA. He previously had nasal and palate surgeries and a Repose tongue suspension. His residual apnea hypopnea inde...

INTRODUCTION The nasal septum is thought to be a primary growth cartilage for the midface and, as such, has been implicated in syndromes involving midfacial hypoplasia. However, this internal structure is difficult to study directly. The aims of this study were to provide direct, continuous measurements of the growth of the nasal septal cartilage and to compare these with similar measurements o...

maxillary sinus aplasia and hypoplasia are rare conditions that can cause symptoms such as headaches and voice alteration. the majority of patients are asymptomatic, but these conditions must be noticed for importance of differential diagnosis such as infection and neoplasms. conventional radiographs could not differentiate between infl ammatory mucosal thickening, neoplasm, and hypoplasia of t...

choanal polyps are a form of nasal polyps that grow toward the choana with a single stalk. septochoanal polyp is a rare entity that originates from the mucosa of the nasal septum with choanal extension. the most common site of its origin is mainly the superior aspect of the posterior portion of the nasal septum. however, metaplastic ossification is a rare event in nasal polyp and to the best of...

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Paranasal sinuses are prone to a great diversity of anomalies. Aplasia of the frontal sinus is a relatively common phenomenon and may be accompanied with hypoplasia of the maxillary sinus, but combined aplasia or underde-velopment of the paranasal sinuses is unusual (1, 2)...

To cite: Kumar MH, Kumar MS, Kumar VS, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212949 DESCRIPTION A 10-year-old girl presented to the oral medicine department, with restricted mouth opening since childhood. Her family history revealed that she was the third child born of a consanguineous marriage. She was born after an unremarkable pregnancy, ...

purpose: to describe the clinical findings, preoperative radiologic findings and results of surgery in a patient with congenital bilateral hypoplasia of medial rectus muscle case report: a 50-year-old man presented with large angle incomitant horizontal deviation with marked deficit of adduction of both eyes. mri finding defined very thin medial rectus muscle. intraoperatively medial rectus mus...

Although a variety of theories have been proposed about functions of the paranasal sinuses, not one is clear today. Nonetheless, paranasal sinus-related diseases are associated with a high rate of morbidities. Therefore, it is essential to identify the structure and pathophysiology of the paranasal sinuses. Computed tomography (CT) is a valuable tool displaying anatomic variations and diseases....

Pfeiffer syndrome (PS) is an autosomal dominant condition comprising bilateral coronal craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia with a beaked nasal tip, and broad and medially deviated thumbs and great toes [1]. It is a clinically variable disorder and has been divided into three subtypes by Cohen in 1993 [2]. Originally, it was described in eight persons from three generations in a pedigree consis...