PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J K Smith
AU  - M Castillo
AU  - S Mukherji
AU  - J Buenting
AU  - A Drake
TI  - Imaging of nasopharyngeal atresia.
DP  - 1995 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1936--1938
VI  - 16
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/9/1936.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/9/1936.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1995 Oct 01; 16
AB  - CT and MR revealed a case of nasopharyngeal atresia, a malformation in which the soft palate is not formed, and the hard palate extends posteriorly to fuse with the anterior surface of the clivus, resulting in complete isolation of the nasal and oral cavities and the absence of a nasopharynx. We believe this rare anomaly results from abnormal persistence of the embryologic bucconasal plate and/or anomalous migration of the nasoseptal elements.