title: Isolated congenital partial absence of the left lower lateral nasal cartilage: case report.
abstract: Isolated congenital nasal anomalies are rare; the isolated absence of any specific nasal structure is even rarer. In this report, we present a patient with congenital isolated partial absence of the left lower lateral cartilage including only the lateral crura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okmeydani Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. drsedaasfur@gmail.com
authors.forename: Seda Asfuroğlu
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Barutca
authors.forename: Ali Rıza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Öreroğlu
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Usçetin
authors.forename: Necmettin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kutlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055171:Nasal Cartilages / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*