Airway obstruction due to a rudimentary premaxilla in holoprosencephaly

Authors
Mehendale, FV Sommerlad, BC
Citation
Fv. Mehendale et Bc. Sommerlad, Airway obstruction due to a rudimentary premaxilla in holoprosencephaly, CLEF PAL-CR, 38(3), 2001, pp. 271-282
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
10556656 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
271 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-6656(200105)38:3<271:AODTAR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Objective: We present two infants with holoprosencephaly and clefts of the primary palate, who developed nasal airway obstruction due to a previously undocumented cause: a ball-valve-like action of a rudimentary premaxilla, w hich was extremely mobile on a soft tissue stalk. In such patients, the imp ortance of intranasal examination to identify a rudimentary premaxilla, in order to preserve it, and if necessary, surgically stabilize it, is illustr ated.