title: Congenital isolated absence of the nasal membranous septum.
abstract: Congenital anomalies of the nasal septum, except septal deviation, constitute a small portion of all congenital nasal anomalies. Congenital isolated absence of the membranous septum has not been reported in the literature before. We present a man who has congenital defect of membranous septum and who underwent an augmentation rhinoplasty with costal cartilaginous graft for his flattened nose.
  
  
  METHODS
  Level IV therapeutic study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. cologlu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Çöloğlu
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D055171:Nasal Cartilages / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult