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 made eating extremely difficult. A method for craniofacial reconstruction of the nasopharynx is presented.
LaTrenta
G S
GS
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y., USA.
Choi
H W
HW
Ward
R F
RF
Hoffman
L
L
Neidich
J A
JA
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000601:surgery*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*