TY - JOUR
AU - Burns, Stanley S.
AB - VIII. S01\l1E L~?'JUSl'AL CASES MET WITH IN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE IN A BASE HOSPITAL. By STANLE:y S. BURNS, M. D., ST. LOUIS, CAPL\L\', \f. C, BASE HOSPITAL, CAMP MACARTHUR, WACO, TEX., 1. Complete bony occlusion of the posterior nares. Bilat­ eral. Patient white male, twenty-four years old. comes to clinic on account of nasal obstruction. Gives history of having never been able to breathe through either side of nose. Examination of the anterior nares: Septum,normal; in­ ferior turbinates shrunken as in atrophic rhinitis, and both turbinates present a stippled appearance over the entire sur­ face. The lower border of each turbinate (inferior) bathed in a sticky mucous (rionpurulent ) secretion. Examination of the postnasal space reveals: An entire occlusion of both posterior nares. A small dimpled area in the upper portion of the obstruction gave the appearance of an opening, but the smallest applicator (with the nose cocain­ ized and adrenalized) failed to show that there existed any communication between the nose and the nasopharynx. Light reflected into the nasopharynx could not 'be seen through the nose. Treatment: The nose was cocainized and adrenalized, as was the obstruction, and an attempt was made to push a small 
TI - VIII. Some Unusual Cases Met with in Ear, Nose and Throat Service in a Base Hospital
JO - "Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology"
DO - 10.1177/000348941902800108
DA - 1919-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/viii-some-unusual-cases-met-with-in-ear-nose-and-throat-service-in-a-ShUWFEMbII
SP - 73
EP - 75
VL - 28
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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