Abstract
Nasopharyngeal stenosis in a 7-year-old boy was encountered, probably due to a previous tonsillectomy and at the age of 5 as nasal obstruction was first noticed about three weeks after the operation. A local mucosal flap was utilized to correct and repair the obstructed portion.
Methods employed for the surgical correction of this disorder since the first attempt about 1946 with opening of the cavity and insertion of various tube prostheses and subsequent modifications, leading to the present procedure with use of a mucosal flap, first described by Hamacher in 1957, are reviewed.
Although usually acquired, as rare cases of congenital nasopharyngeal stenosis have been reported, an embryologic speculation on the development of this disorder is also attempted.
