Bilateral choanal atresia; evaluation with scintigraphy: case report.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Hatice Uslu, Celil Uslu, Erhan Varoğlu, Murat Karaşen, Mustafa Yildirim, Cağatay Oysu, Rezzan Bayraktar, Suat Eren
• Journal: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology (Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol) Vol. 70 Issue 1 Pg. 171-3 (Jan 2006) ISSN: 0165-5876 [Print] Ireland
• PMID: 16029897 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Choanal Atresia (complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Mucociliary Clearance
• Nasal Bone (diagnostic imaging)
• Nasal Obstruction (etiology)
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome