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REPORT OF TWO CASES

ALFRED A. SCHWARTZ, M.D.; HAROLD J. ISAACS, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1942;35(4):603-612.

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The condition known as congenital atresia of the posterior naris is caused by a vertical wall of tissue lying in a plane perpendicular to that of the septum and situated between the posterior ends of the turbinates and the eustachian orifice. In cases of complete atresia this wall merges with the margins of the choanal orifice, separating the naris from the nasopharynx. It is concave anteriorly and bulges slightly into the nasopharynx. In the upper central portion one or more small indentations or foramens may be present.

The earliest record of this anomaly, according to Otto,¹ is to be found in an article by Roederer,² published in Göttingen, Germany, prior to 1755. Otto cited this article as the authority for this statement that "sometimes the posterior nasal openings are lacking, due to a congenital anomaly." In a later edition of the same work³ he stated: "In congenital closure of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the laboratory of the Department of Otolaryngology, Montefiore Hospital.

Footnotes
This investigation was made possible through a grant from Mr. Arthur O. Dietz.

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