Bilateral choanal atresia; evaluation with scintigraphy: case report.
Bilateral choanal atresia is a rare congenital anomaly that may cause severe neonatal respiratory distress. The clinical presentation varies from immediate postnatal cyanosis and respiratory distress to nasal obstruction with an associated persistent mucoid discharge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bilateral choanal atresia preoperatively and postoperatively on nasal mucociliary clearance with the radioisotope method (using technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin). We present a 17-year-old girl with bilateral choanal atresia treated by transnasal endoscopic surgery. The patient was free of symptoms for three years postoperatively. Mucociliary activity was returned to normal images.
Uslu
Hatice
H
Atatürk University, Medical Faculty, and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. uslusinav@hotmail.com
Uslu
Celil
C
Varoğlu
Erhan
E
Karaşen
Murat
M
Yildirim
Mustafa
M
Oysu
Cağatay
C
Bayraktar
Rezzan
R
Eren
Suat
S
D000293:Adolescent; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome