A combination of unusual abnormalities of the lachrymal apparatus and nostrils in a case of bilateral cleft with choanal atresia.
An unusual congenital anomaly of a bilateral complete cleft of the primary palate, a complete cleft of the left secondary palate with abnormal nostrils without external openings and right choanal atresia is presented. The child also has a lachrymal fistula below the right lower eyelid and a coloboma of the same eyelid medially. Neither lachrymal system drained into the nose.
Thatte
R L
RL
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Bombay, India.
Sood
M K
MK
Uppal
P K
PK
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery