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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan-Mar;23(1):39-41.
doi: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_56_17.

Nasal Glial Heterotopia with Cleft Palate

Sudhir Chandna  1 , Milind A Mehta  2 , Abhishek Kishore Kulkarni  2
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Nasal Glial Heterotopia with Cleft Palate

Sudhir Chandna et al. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2018 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Congenital midline nasal masses are rare anomalies of which nasal glial heterotopia represents an even rarer subset. We report a case of a 25-day-old male child with nasal glial heterotopia along with cleft palate suggesting embryonic fusion anomaly which was treated with excision and primary closure for nasal mass followed by palatal repair at later date.

Keywords: Cleft palate; midline nasal masses; nasal glial heterotopia; nasal glioma.

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Initial presentation
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Computed tomography scan of nasal mass
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