title: Congenital vomeral bone defect in two thalassemia trait cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doğru
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tüz
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006441:Hemoglobin A; D006443:Hemoglobin A2