Complete nasal agenesis with bilateral microphthalmia and unilateral duplication of the thumb

Complete nasal aplasia is an extremely rare clinical entity and most infants are stillborn when this is associated with holoprosencephaly. A viable 3-year-old infant born with frontonasal arrest without holoprosencephaly is presented. The child's main complaint was lack of a nasal airway, which...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) 1995-05, Vol.95 (6), p.1101-1104
Hauptverfasser:	LATRENTA, G. S, CHOI, H. W, WARD, R. F, HOFFMAN, L, NEIDICH, J. A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics Humans Male Medical sciences Microphthalmos - surgery Nasopharynx - surgery Nose - abnormalities Nose - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract Thumb - abnormalities
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Zusammenfassung:	Complete nasal aplasia is an extremely rare clinical entity and most infants are stillborn when this is associated with holoprosencephaly. A viable 3-year-old infant born with frontonasal arrest without holoprosencephaly is presented. The child's main complaint was lack of a nasal airway, which made eating extremely difficult. A method for craniofacial reconstruction of the nasopharynx is presented.
ISSN:	0032-1052 1529-4242
DOI:	10.1097/00006534-199505000-00024