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Bifid inferior turbinate: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2007

A Selcuk ,
K M Ozcan ,
I Ozcan  and
H Dere
A Selcuk
Affiliation:
Fourth ENT Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
K M Ozcan*
Affiliation:
Fourth ENT Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
I Ozcan
Affiliation:
Fourth ENT Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
H Dere
Affiliation:
Fourth ENT Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Dr K M Ozcan, Yucetepe sit A Blok 59/6 06580 Anittepe, Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 310 34 60 E-mail: kursatmuratozcan@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objectives:

A bifid inferior turbinate is an extremely rare anatomical variation and has been reported in only two cases to date. Including the present report, the uncinate processes were missing in all three patients reported. It is suggested that, in the reported patient, bifid inferior turbinate coexisted with a developmental anomaly of the uncinate process, and that the bifid inferior turbinate represented two separate turbinates originating from the same site.

Case report:

We present the first reported case of bilateral bifid inferior turbinates, with a secondary middle turbinate, in a patient complaining of nasal obstruction.

Conclusion:

We suggest that the superior part of the bifid inferior turbinate may have been formed by severe medial displacement and inferior rotation of the uncinate process, and that the bifid inferior turbinate is an anatomical abnormality of the uncinate process.

Keywords

TurbinatesNasal CavityComputerised Tomography
Type
Clinical Record
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 122 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 647 - 649
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2007

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