RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Imaging of nasopharyngeal atresia.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1936
OP 1938
VO 16
IS 9
A1 J K Smith
A1 M Castillo
A1 S Mukherji
A1 J Buenting
A1 A Drake
YR 1995
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/9/1936.abstract
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.