INTRODUCTION Choanal atresia (CA) is an infrequent congenital obliteration of the airway at the level of the posterior nasal aperture resulting in the absence of connection between the nasal cavity and the aerodigestive tract. We present our experience with an endoscopic technique for congenital CA without the use of intranasal stents. MATERIAL AND METHOD We analysed a series of 10 patients w...

Case A baby girl was born via emergency lower segment caesarean section after 33 weeks’ gestation. The mother had developed premature uterine contraction, leaking liquor followed by acute fetal distress condition as shown on cardiotocograph. The 1.85 kg baby was intubated in the operating theatre because of respiratory distress. The baby was noted to have a fl at nasal bridge, low set ears, pro...

In their report of sibs with the Pallister-Hall syndrome, Thomas et al' make the points that choanal atresia may be a feature of this condition and that it may be caused by a dominant gene. We have recently encountered an infant in whom the findings lend support to both of these suggestions. Our patient, a female, was the first child born to a healthy 31 year old female and her healthy and unre...

We report here an extremely rare and unusual case of accessory nose associated with unilateral complete congenital choanal atresia. Although other types of nasal congenital nasal anomalies are not rare, however, extreme rarity of nose duplication is worth reporting, as it is an extremely rare type of nasal congenital deformity.

Disease name: CHARGE syndrome ICD 10: Q87.8 Synonyms: CHARGE association; Hall-Hittner syndrome CHARGE syndrome was initially defined as a non-random association of anomalies • Coloboma • Heart defect • Atresia Choanae • Retarded Growth and Development • Genital Hypoplasia • Ear Anomalies/Deafness In 1998, an expert group defined the major (the classical 4C ́s: Choanal atresia, Coloboma, Charact...

The CHARGE (coloboma, heart defects, atresia, retardation, genital, ear) syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by ocular coloboma, choanal atresia or stenosis and semicircular canal abnormalities. Most of the patients clinically diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome have mutations in chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 7 (CHD7) gene. The CHD7 gene is located on chromosome 8q12.1, and up to...