BILATERAL CONGENITAL CHOANAL ATRESIA AT AGE 16 - AN INTERESTING CASE


CANDAN S., MIZRAK S., KARAGOZ M., MUHTAR H., GUMELE H.

JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.20, sa.6, ss.433-434, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1991
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.433-434
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A bilateral congenital posterior choanal atresia case diagnosed at the age of 16 is presented. Although bilateral congenital choanal atresia causes acute life-threatening respiratory obstruction in newborns, this case was able to compensate by rapidly learning mouth breathing and the diagnosis did escape detection for years. The patient was treated successfully via transpalatal approach.