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Case Reports: Rare disease
Empirical overview of a delayed diagnosis of bilateral congenital choanal atresia in an adolescent male: management with ‘coblation-assisted surgery’
  1. Abhishek Bhardwaj1,
  2. Rachit Sood2,
  3. Suji P S1 and
  4. Manu Malhotra1
  1. 1Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  2. 2Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Suji P S; ps.sujips.suji{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Bilateral choanal atresia (CA) is a congenital anomaly consisting of an imperforated choana that leads to newborn fatalities but, if unilateral, may go unnoticed for many years. Bilateral CA occurring without significant symptoms and remaining undiagnosed for many years is rare. This case report identifies an adolescent male with bilateral CA who remained undiagnosed till adolescence. The patient presented with isolated complaints of chronic nasal obstruction and discharge and was diagnosed with bilateral CA by endoscopic and radiological evaluation. The patient underwent a coblation-assisted endoscopic CA repair, with a crossover mucoperiosteal flap technique, without stenting and with a successful outcome.

  • Otolaryngology / ENT
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • Paediatrics

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-254865

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    • Contributors SPS and AB have contributed to manuscript writing, conception and idea for the manuscript. RS has contributed to data collection and conception. MM has contributed to critical review and supervision of the manuscript.

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