Bilateral choanal atresia in adult with associated craneofacial malformation: an unusual diagnosis
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Keywords
choanal atresia, bilateral, adult, craneofacial malformation
Abstract
Choanal atresia is a rare congenital malformation that is unlikely to be found bila- terally and is seldom diagnosed in adulthood. To date, no clinical case of bilateral atresia has been described with a head and neck malformation that requires surgical treatment in an adult. The preferred treatment is still endoscopic sinonasal surgery with discrepancies of the use or not of intraoperative topical mitomycin or the pla- cement of stents to avoid restenosis. What is not clear is the order of treatment and simultaneity of the procedure with other possible associated pathologies that have a surgical indication. We present a clinical case that meets all these requirements.
