Congenital Vomer Agenesis: Report of Two Cases

INTRODUCTION: Congenital vomer agenesis is an extremely rare condition in which the vomer bone does not fully develop, which can lead to septal perforation. CASE REPORT: We report two cases with a defect in the vomer bone in the posteroinferior portion of the septum, found accidentally while perform...

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Autores principales: Bakhshaee, Mehdi, Tavakol, Sherwin, Teimouri, Yeganeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5448033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28589112
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description INTRODUCTION: Congenital vomer agenesis is an extremely rare condition in which the vomer bone does not fully develop, which can lead to septal perforation. CASE REPORT: We report two cases with a defect in the vomer bone in the posteroinferior portion of the septum, found accidentally while performing a pre-operative CT scan for nasal obstruction evaluation. They were diagnosed with congenital vomer agenesis. CONCLUSION: There are afew reports of vomer agenesis in literatures. By increasing usage of sinonasal endoscopic examination,we expect to address more cases in the future.
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spelling pubmed-54480332017-06-06 Congenital Vomer Agenesis: Report of Two Cases Bakhshaee, Mehdi Tavakol, Sherwin Teimouri, Yeganeh Iran J Otorhinolaryngol Case Report INTRODUCTION: Congenital vomer agenesis is an extremely rare condition in which the vomer bone does not fully develop, which can lead to septal perforation. CASE REPORT: We report two cases with a defect in the vomer bone in the posteroinferior portion of the septum, found accidentally while performing a pre-operative CT scan for nasal obstruction evaluation. They were diagnosed with congenital vomer agenesis. CONCLUSION: There are afew reports of vomer agenesis in literatures. By increasing usage of sinonasal endoscopic examination,we expect to address more cases in the future. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5448033/ /pubmed/28589112 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Congenital Vomer Agenesis: Report of Two Cases
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