The misdiagnose and treatment of a concealed kind of supernumerary nostril: a case report and review

BACKGROUND: Supernumerary Nostril, also called triple nostrils or accessory nostril, is a rare congenital nasal malformation. CASE PRESENTATION: We report one conceal case of supernumerary nostril in a 19-years-old men which is misdiagnosed to a simple small nasal skin pit. Ordinary surgical excisio...

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Autores principales: Li, Caiyun, Pang, Qianqian, Zhou, Haiying, Alhaskawi, Ahmad, Dong, Yanzhao, Lu, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9195352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35698063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-022-01679-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Supernumerary Nostril, also called triple nostrils or accessory nostril, is a rare congenital nasal malformation. CASE PRESENTATION: We report one conceal case of supernumerary nostril in a 19-years-old men which is misdiagnosed to a simple small nasal skin pit. Ordinary surgical excision led to recurrent infection of the lesion postoperatively, and was eventually required secondary surgery and the lesion was finally confirmed by pathological biopsy as a trinasal nostrils. CONCLUSIONS: Through this case, we stress the essential role in differential diagnosis, confirming the diagnosis and seeking for better solutions. Level of Evidence V

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