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Descriptor English: Choanal Atresia
Descriptor Spanish: Atresia de las Coanas
Descriptor atresia de las coanas
Entry term(s) atresia coanal
Scope note: Anomalía congénita que se caracteriza por un bloqueo de las COANAS, la abertura situada entre la nariz y la NASOFARINGE. El bloqueo puede ser unilateral o bilateral, óseo o membranoso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Atresia das Cóanas
Descriptor French: Atrésie des choanes
Entry term(s): Atresia, Choanal
Atresias, Choanal
Choanal Atresias
Tree number(s): C08.460.171
C08.695.271
C09.603.171
C16.131.740.271
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002754
Scope note: A congenital abnormality that is characterized by a blocked CHOANAE, the opening between the nose and the NASOPHARYNX. Blockage can be unilateral or bilateral; bony or membranous.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nasal Cavity/abnormalities (1975-1985)
Nose/abnormalities (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 86
History Note: 86
DeCS ID: 28277
Unique ID: D002754
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/06/06
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Choanal Atresia - Preferred
Concept UI M0004218
Scope note A congenital abnormality that is characterized by a blocked CHOANAE, the opening between the nose and the NASOPHARYNX. Blockage can be unilateral or bilateral; bony or membranous.
Preferred term Choanal Atresia
Entry term(s) Atresia, Choanal
Atresias, Choanal
Choanal Atresias



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