Rare anatomic variation: Nasopharyngeal middle turbinate

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Aug 2;7(9):1714-1716. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2344. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Jérôme R Lechien^{1

2}, Alexandra Rodriguez¹, Stelianos Kampouridis³, Mihaela Horoi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
² Laboratory of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology University of Mons (UMONS) Mons Belgium.
³ Department of Radiology, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.

Abstract

Nasopharyngeal middle turbinate may be not systematically associated with recurrent chronic rhinosinusitis and could be indolent.

Keywords: anomaly; development; nasal turbinate; nasopharynx; rhinosinusitis.

Publication types

Case Reports