Double Uvula in a Fifty-Six-Year-Old Woman

INTRODUCTION: Deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. This little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. CASE PRESENTATION: In our case report, we present a unique deformity...

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Autor principal: Catli, Tolgahan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763232
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.16638
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description INTRODUCTION: Deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. This little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. CASE PRESENTATION: In our case report, we present a unique deformity of the uvula in a 56-year-old woman. DISCUSSION: The aim of this report was to present a very rare condition, unique case “polyuvula”, and to review the literature regarding other uvula abnormalities.
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spelling pubmed-43413522015-03-11 Double Uvula in a Fifty-Six-Year-Old Woman Catli, Tolgahan Iran Red Crescent Med J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. This little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. CASE PRESENTATION: In our case report, we present a unique deformity of the uvula in a 56-year-old woman. DISCUSSION: The aim of this report was to present a very rare condition, unique case “polyuvula”, and to review the literature regarding other uvula abnormalities. Kowsar 2014-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4341352/ /pubmed/25763232 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.16638 Text en Copyright © 2014, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763232
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.16638
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