Adult congenital bilateral choanal atresia at 49-year-old: a case report of a rare entity

Autor: Sündüs Aslan, Cüneyt Yılmazer, Haluk Yavuz, Levent N. Özlüoğlu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 132-138 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-7474
DOI: 10.2399/tao.08.015
Popis: Newborns are obligatory nose-breathers in the first few months of their births. Bilateral congenital choanal atresia in neonates is an emergency situation, manifesting by irregular breathing, intermittant cyanosis, relief of symptoms by crying, worsening of respiratory distress by feeding, and sometimes, death due to neonatal asphyxia. Congenital bilateral choanal atresia is very rarely reported in the literature to be reaching to adulthood without being noticed. We present a case of bilateral choanal atresia with the complaints of bilateral nasal blockage and anosmia at 49-years-old who is the second oldest ever reported case.
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