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Congenital Malformations, Nose: Multimedia
Updated: Oct 21, 2008
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![]() | Media file 1: A patient with a congenital nasal dermoid. |
![]() | Media file 2: A patient with encephalocele. |
![]() | Media file 4: CT scan demonstrating encephalocele. |
![]() | Media file 5: The photograph shows a child with median nasal cleft. Note the marked hypertelorism and pronounced separation of the nostrils. |
![]() | Media file 6: The photograph shows an infant with arhinia. (From Navarro-Vila et al, J Craniomaxillofac Surg 19:56, 1991, with permission). |
![]() | Media file 9: This drawing shows soft tissue clefts in the Tessier classification system. |
![]() | Media file 10: This drawing shows bone clefts in the Tessier classification system. |
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Keywords
nose, nose malformations, congenital malformations of the nose, gliomas, encephaloceles, nasal clefts, proboscis lateralis, arhinia, polyrrhinia, nasopharyngeal teratoma, epignathus



















