Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia

Arhinia is an extremely rare condition reported in less than 100 cases so far. We report a case of arhinia with bilateral anophthalmia. In physical examination, only alar portions of the nose were partially formed. No septal, lower, upper lateral cartilages or nasal bones were detectable. Both nostr...

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Autores principales: Mehrdad Jafari, Goli Golpayegani, Anita Karimi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dd46ef3a7d2d4f169b4e7299080815db2021-11-29T06:16:09ZArhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia0044-60251735-969410.18502/acta.v59i10.7771https://doaj.org/article/dd46ef3a7d2d4f169b4e7299080815db2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/9262https://doaj.org/toc/0044-6025https://doaj.org/toc/1735-9694Arhinia is an extremely rare condition reported in less than 100 cases so far. We report a case of arhinia with bilateral anophthalmia. In physical examination, only alar portions of the nose were partially formed. No septal, lower, upper lateral cartilages or nasal bones were detectable. Both nostrils were atretic. The orbital area was covered with skin and eyebrows were partially formed. Bilateral complete cleft lip and palate was evident. Surgical interventions should be considered not only for reconstruction of the external nose, but for timely creation of a lacrimal passage and repair of the accompanying cleft lip and palate.Mehrdad JafariGoli GolpayeganiAnita KarimiTehran University of Medical Sciencesarticlearhiniaanophthalmiacleft lipMedicine (General)R5-920ENActa Medica Iranica, Pp 621-624 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic arhinia
anophthalmia
cleft lip
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle arhinia
anophthalmia
cleft lip
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Mehrdad Jafari
Goli Golpayegani
Anita Karimi
Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
description Arhinia is an extremely rare condition reported in less than 100 cases so far. We report a case of arhinia with bilateral anophthalmia. In physical examination, only alar portions of the nose were partially formed. No septal, lower, upper lateral cartilages or nasal bones were detectable. Both nostrils were atretic. The orbital area was covered with skin and eyebrows were partially formed. Bilateral complete cleft lip and palate was evident. Surgical interventions should be considered not only for reconstruction of the external nose, but for timely creation of a lacrimal passage and repair of the accompanying cleft lip and palate.
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author Mehrdad Jafari
Goli Golpayegani
Anita Karimi
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Goli Golpayegani
Anita Karimi
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title Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
title_short Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
title_full Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
title_fullStr Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
title_full_unstemmed Arhinia and Bilateral Anophthalmia
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publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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