ABSTRACT
Atrophic Rhinitis is a form of chronic rhinitis in which the nasal mucosa atrophies and hardens; eventually causing the nasal passages to dilate and dry out. Other prominent findings include foul smelling crusts and bleeding. Despite various local, medical and surgical methods suggested for the treatment of this slowly progressing disease, the problem with respect to the proper maintenance of the nasal valve area remains unsolved. The alar stent prevents the narrowing of the nostrils and helps in maintaining the airway patency. This article describes a simplified, non-invasive technique for the fabrication of a heat polymerized clear acrylic resin alar stent for treating the atrophic rhinitis patient.
Subject(s)
Acrylic Resins , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Nasal Obstruction/prevention & control , Prostheses and Implants , Rhinitis, Atrophic/complications , Rhinitis, Atrophic/rehabilitation , Rhinitis, Atrophic/therapy , StentsABSTRACT
La rinitis atrófica es una de las causas del Síndrome de nariz vacía, la cual está relacionada con colonización por gérmenes, inflamación crónica y posterior atrofia progresiva de la mucosa nasal. Típicamente produce síntomas obstructivos nasales, rinorrea y costras fétidas. Se presenta el caso en imágenes endoscópicas, tomográficas y de cultivo en una paciente femenina en la cual por sus comorbilidades el manejo fue exclusivamente médico.
Atrophic rhinitis is one of the causes of the empty nose syndrome that is related to colonization by germs, chronic inflammation and subsequent progressive atrophy of the nasal mucosa. Typically produces nasal obstructive symptoms, runny nose and fetid crusts. Endoscopy, tomography and culture images of a female patient is presented in which by her co-morbidities associated the treatment was medical exclusively.