title: [Aplasia and hypoplasia of the side of the nose in the Mocha Period and today].
abstract: In earthenware vessels from the Moche period (200-700 A.D.) pathological findings of nasal deformities have been depicted in a realistic manner. By means of two recent casuistics and of two portrait vessels of Old Peru it is demonstrated how exactly the nasal pathology was observed by the artists of the Moche period. The first example shows a unilateral hypoplasia of the nasal ala due to injury in early childhood, the second example shows a bilateral aplasia of the nasal alae due to an intrauterine growth disturbance.
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik, Universität Ulm, B.R. Deutschland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pirsig
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002516:Ceramics; D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries; D010164:Paleopathology; D010568:Peru
vernacular_title: Die Aplasie und Hypoplasie des Nasenflügels in der Moche-periode und Heute.