An infrequent cause of neonatal upper airway obstruction: congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis presenting to a remote facility
Lahiff, Tahne Joseph, Sotutu, Viliame, Sarachandran, Smrdhi, Speed, Lucas, and Saddi, Vishal (2021) An infrequent cause of neonatal upper airway obstruction: congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis presenting to a remote facility. Pediatric Investigation, 5 (3). pp. 244-246.
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Abstract
Introduction: Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare congenital condition of structural nasal obstruction. Respiratory distress, stertor, and poor feeding are often presenting features.
Case Presentation: We report a case of a newborn diagnosed with CNPAS at 3 weeks of life. The diagnosis was missed on a nasoendoscopy at day 3 of life but was realised following a facial CT when the infant presented with ongoing symptoms of upper airway obstruction. Nasal dilation was performed successfully.
Conclusion: CNPAS should be considered in any neonate with upper airway obstruction. A normal nasoendoscopy does not exclude the diagnosis.
| Item ID: | 70165 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Case Study) |
| ISSN: | 2574-2272 |
| Keywords: | Congenital abnormalities, Constriction, Nasal obstruction, Pathologic |
| Copyright Information: | © 2021 Chinese Medical Association. Pediatric Investigation published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Futang Research Center of Pediatric Development. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2022 01:31 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3213 Paediatrics > 321303 Neonatology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200101 Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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