DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311011863
(Radiology 2004;231:50-51.)
© RSNA, 2004
Case 731
Bernadette L. Koch, MD
1 From the Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML# 5031, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039. Received November 21, 2001; revision requested February 1, 2002; revision received February 26, 2003; accepted April 14. Address correspondence to the author (e-mail: koch.bl@cchmc.org).
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An infant presented with a nasal obstruction. The clinicians were unable to pass a nasoenteric tube via the left nares. For further assessment of the nasal obstruction, the infant underwent computed tomography (CT) (Figure) that extended from the lower aspect of the orbits through the nasal cavity.
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Figure a. (a) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the midnasal passage. (b) Coronal nonenhanced reconstruction image obtained through the inferior meatus. (c) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the upper nasal passage. (d) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the lower orbits.
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Figure b. (a) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the midnasal passage. (b) Coronal nonenhanced reconstruction image obtained through the inferior meatus. (c) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the upper nasal passage. (d) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the lower orbits.
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Figure c. (a) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the midnasal passage. (b) Coronal nonenhanced reconstruction image obtained through the inferior meatus. (c) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the upper nasal passage. (d) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the lower orbits.
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Figure d. (a) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the midnasal passage. (b) Coronal nonenhanced reconstruction image obtained through the inferior meatus. (c) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the upper nasal passage. (d) Transverse nonenhanced CT scan obtained through the lower orbits.
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FOOTNOTES
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