title: Congenital nasal obstruction: clinical and radiologic review.
abstract: Congenital nasal obstruction can result in neonatal respiratory distress because neonates are obligate nasal breathers. Therefore, all physicians who deal with infants should be familiar with the structural abnormalities, masses, and syndromes that cause nasal obstruction, so that appropriate work-up and treatment can be promptly initiated. This paper reviews the embryology of the nasal passage and then continues with the different causes of nasal obstruction. Special attention is paid to the presentation, physical exam findings, and imaging modality of choice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. eadil@hmc.psu.edu
authors.forename: Eelam
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adil
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huntley
authors.forename: Arabinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000196:embryology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed