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Abnormal nasal skeleton morphology

MedGen UID:
869217
•Concept ID:
C4023639
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Abnormality of the nasal skeleton; Anomaly of the nasal skeleton; Deformity of the bones of the nose; Deformity of the nasal skeleton; Distortion of the bones of the nose; Distortion of the nasal skeleton; Malformation of the bones of the nose; Malformation of the nasal skeleton
 
HPO: HP:0010937

Definition

An abnormality of the nasal skeleton. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #57: Evaluation and management of isolated soft ultrasound markers for aneuploidy in the second trimester: (Replaces Consults #10, Single umbilical artery, October 2010; #16, Isolated echogenic bowel diagnosed on second-trimester ultrasound, August 2011; #17, Evaluation and management of isolated renal pelviectasis on second-trimester ultrasound, December 2011; #25, Isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts, April 2013; #27, Isolated echogenic intracardiac focus, August 2013).
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org, Prabhu M, Kuller JA, Biggio JR
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Oct;225(4):B2-B15. Epub 2021 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.06.079. PMID: 34171388
Management of Pediatric Nasal Surgery (Rhinoplasty).
Johnson MD
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2017 May;25(2):211-221. Epub 2017 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2016.12.006. PMID: 28340652
Management of the alveolar cleft.
Santiago PE, Schuster LA, Levy-Bercowski D
Clin Plast Surg 2014 Apr;41(2):219-32. doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2014.01.001. PMID: 24607190

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Medial Osteoectomy as a Routine Procedure in Rhinoplasty: Six-Year Experience with an Innovative Technique.
Lykoudis EG, Peristeri DV, Lykoudis GE, Oikonomou GA
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2018 Feb;42(1):256-263. Epub 2017 Aug 4 doi: 10.1007/s00266-017-0954-4. PMID: 28779410
Pediatric nasal surgery: timing and technique.
Gary CC
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Aug;25(4):286-290. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000378. PMID: 28509670
The spectrum of median craniofacial dysplasia.
Allam KA, Wan DC, Kawamoto HK, Bradley JP, Sedano HO, Saied S
Plast Reconstr Surg 2011 Feb;127(2):812-821. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318200aa08. PMID: 21285785
The Arrhinias.
Tessier P, Ciminello FS, Wolfe SA
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2009;43(4):177-96. doi: 10.1080/02844310802517259. PMID: 19401938
Midface anomalies in children.
Lowe LH, Booth TN, Joglar JM, Rollins NK
Radiographics 2000 Jul-Aug;20(4):907-22; quiz 1106-7, 1112. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl07907. PMID: 10903683

Diagnosis

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #57: Evaluation and management of isolated soft ultrasound markers for aneuploidy in the second trimester: (Replaces Consults #10, Single umbilical artery, October 2010; #16, Isolated echogenic bowel diagnosed on second-trimester ultrasound, August 2011; #17, Evaluation and management of isolated renal pelviectasis on second-trimester ultrasound, December 2011; #25, Isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts, April 2013; #27, Isolated echogenic intracardiac focus, August 2013).
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org, Prabhu M, Kuller JA, Biggio JR
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Oct;225(4):B2-B15. Epub 2021 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.06.079. PMID: 34171388
Olfactory cleft dilatation.
Jankowski R, Nguyen DT, Gallet P, Rumeau C
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2018 Dec;135(6):437-441. Epub 2018 Jun 20 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.05.008. PMID: 29934261
Meier-Gorlin syndrome.
de Munnik SA, Hoefsloot EH, Roukema J, Schoots J, Knoers NV, Brunner HG, Jackson AP, Bongers EM
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015 Sep 17;10:114. doi: 10.1186/s13023-015-0322-x. PMID: 26381604Free PMC Article
Binder's syndrome.
Jain U, Thakur G, Kallury A
BMJ Case Rep 2011 Oct 11;2011 doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4665. PMID: 22675013Free PMC Article
Progeria.
Mohamed Riyaz SS, Jayachandran S
Indian J Dent Res 2009 Oct-Dec;20(4):508-10. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.59442. PMID: 20139583

Therapy

Olfactory cleft dilatation.
Jankowski R, Nguyen DT, Gallet P, Rumeau C
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2018 Dec;135(6):437-441. Epub 2018 Jun 20 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.05.008. PMID: 29934261
Therapies for the bone in mucopolysaccharidoses.
Tomatsu S, Alméciga-Díaz CJ, Montaño AM, Yabe H, Tanaka A, Dung VC, Giugliani R, Kubaski F, Mason RW, Yasuda E, Sawamoto K, Mackenzie W, Suzuki Y, Orii KE, Barrera LA, Sly WS, Orii T
Mol Genet Metab 2015 Feb;114(2):94-109. Epub 2014 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.12.001. PMID: 25537451Free PMC Article
Cone-shaped epiphysis.
Durmus O, Cakar E, Ata E, Dincer U, Kiralp MZ
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2014 Jan;93(1):92-3. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3182644034. PMID: 22854906
Asymmetric nasal tip.
Stephan S, Wang TD
Facial Plast Surg 2012 Apr;28(2):177-86. Epub 2012 May 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1309297. PMID: 22562567
Nasolabial aesthetics.
Mitchell C, Oeltjen J, Panthaki Z, Thaller SR
J Craniofac Surg 2007 Jul;18(4):756-65. doi: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3180684360. PMID: 17667661

Prognosis

Absent nasal bone.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Benacerraf BR, Bromley B, Jelin AC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019 Nov;221(5):B6-B7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.08.049. PMID: 31679594
Pyriform aperture enlargement in all aspects.
Esen E, Bayar Muluk N, Altintoprak N, Ipci K, Cingi C
J Laryngol Otol 2017 Jun;131(6):476-479. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1017/S0022215117000391. PMID: 28238296
Maxillary sinus aplasia.
Chrcanovic BR, Freire-Maia B
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010 Sep;14(3):187-91. doi: 10.1007/s10006-009-0200-6. PMID: 20091417
The Arrhinias.
Tessier P, Ciminello FS, Wolfe SA
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2009;43(4):177-96. doi: 10.1080/02844310802517259. PMID: 19401938
Nasal encephaloceles.
Hoving EW
Childs Nerv Syst 2000 Nov;16(10-11):702-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810000339. PMID: 11151720

Clinical prediction guides

Blowout fractures - clinic, imaging and applied anatomy of the orbit.
Felding UNA
Dan Med J 2018 Mar;65(3) PMID: 29510812
Migraine: A look down the nose.
Muehlberger T, Wormald JCR, Hachach-Haram N, Mosahebi A
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2017 Jul;70(7):914-921. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2017.02.009. PMID: 28359726
Le Fort II osteotomy.
Lakin GE, Kawamoto HK Jr
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Nov;23(7 Suppl 1):1964-7. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31825b351d. PMID: 23154355
Anterior plagiocephaly: epidemiology, clinical findings,diagnosis, and classification. A review.
Di Rocco C, Paternoster G, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Tamburrini G
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Sep;28(9):1413-22. Epub 2012 Aug 8 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1845-2. PMID: 22872257
First-trimester sonographic screening for Down syndrome.
Malone FD, D'Alton ME; Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Obstet Gynecol 2003 Nov;102(5 Pt 1):1066-79. doi: 10.1016/j.obstetgynecol.2003.08.004. PMID: 14672489

Recent systematic reviews

Infraorbital canal variants and its clinical and surgical implications. A systematic review.
Orellana-Donoso M, Romero-Zucchino D, Fuentes-Abarca A, Aravena-Ríos P, Sanchis-Gimeno J, Konschake M, Nova-Baeza P, Valenzuela-Fuenzalida JJ
Surg Radiol Anat 2024 Jul;46(7):1027-1046. Epub 2024 Apr 29 doi: 10.1007/s00276-024-03348-3. PMID: 38684553
A systematic review of the oral and craniofacial manifestations of cri du chat syndrome.
Corcuera-Flores JR, Casttellanos-Cosano L, Torres-Lagares D, Serrera-Figallo MÁ, Rodríguez-Caballero Á, Machuca-Portillo G
Clin Anat 2016 Jul;29(5):555-60. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1002/ca.22654. PMID: 26457586
Systematic review and meta-analysis of performance of second-trimester nasal bone assessment in detection of fetuses with Down syndrome.
Moreno-Cid M, Rubio-Lorente A, Rodríguez MJ, Bueno-Pacheco G, Tenías JM, Román-Ortiz C, Arias Á
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2014 Mar;43(3):247-53. doi: 10.1002/uog.13228. PMID: 24151178
Hard palate-repair technique and facial growth in patients with cleft lip and palate: a systematic review.
Lee YH, Liao YF
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2013 Dec;51(8):851-7. Epub 2013 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2013.08.012. PMID: 24045106
Grisel's syndrome in otolaryngology: a systematic review.
Karkos PD, Benton J, Leong SC, Mushi E, Sivaji N, Assimakopoulos DA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2007 Dec;71(12):1823-7. Epub 2007 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.07.002. PMID: 17706297

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