Congenital vomeral bone defect in two thalassemia trait cases.
The nasal septum is composed of a perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone, quadrilateral septal cartilage, membraneous septum, crest of palatine and maxillary bone and vomer. Defects of the nasal septum may be due to a variety of causes such as trauma, infection, inhalant irritants and neoplasia. To our knowledge, up until now, congenital defect of the vomer has been presented in six cases without any nasal symptoms. We present two cases of congenital defect of vomer with thalassemia trait, the patients complaining of nasal obstruction.
Doğru
Harun
H
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
Yasan
Hasan
H
Tüz
Mustafa
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis; D006443:Hemoglobin A2 / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D006441:Hemoglobin A; D006443:Hemoglobin A2