Congenital inferior turbinate hypertrophy: An unusual cause of neonatal nasal obstruction

Coronal computed tomography shows bilateral opacification of nasal cavities and maxillary sinuses.

16 November 2005 endoscopic view of left nasal cavity demonstrating significant obstruction by a hypertrophied inferior turbinate.

H&E at 100× magnification of left inferior turbinate shavings. This slide depicts submucosal gland hypertrophy and stromal proliferation. The aggregate volume of the left inferior turbinate shavings was also greater than that of the right, leading to a pathologic diagnosis of ITH more significant on the left than the right turbinate.

H&E at 100× magnification of right inferior turbinate shavings. This slide depicts submucosal gland hypertrophy and stromal proliferation, consistent with ITH.

16 November 2005 endoscopic view of left nasal cavity following inferior turbinate reduction with powered microdebrider.

21 November 2005 endoscopic view of left nasal cavity at 1-week postoperative follow-up, demonstrating a healing inferior turbinate remnant and patent left nasal airway passage.

21 December 2005 endoscopic view of left nasal cavity at 1-month postoperative follow-up, showing an incompletely healed inferior turbinate remnant, and continued patency of the left nasal airway passage.