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Fractura de nariz - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Nariz rota; Fractura nasal

Definición:

Es una rotura en el hueso o cartílago sobre el puente nasal, en la pared lateral, o en el tabique (línea que divide las fosas nasales) de la nariz.

Consideraciones:

La de nariz es la fractura más común de la cara. Por lo general, ocurre después de una lesión y con frecuencia se presenta junto con otras fracturas faciales.

Algunas veces, como consecuencia de un traumatismo cerrado, la pared que divide las fosas nasales (tabique nasal ) se puede separar.

Con frecuencia, las lesiones de nariz y cuello se observan juntas, dado que un golpe lo suficientemente fuerte como para lesionar la nariz también puede ser tan duro que lesione el cuello.

Las lesiones nasales graves causan problemas que requieren atención inmediata por parte de un médico. Por ejemplo, el daño al revestimiento del cartílago del tabique puede producir una acumulación de sangre dentro de la nariz. Si no se drena rápidamente, esto puede ocasionar un absceso o una deformidad permanente que causa un bloqueo nasal, lo cual puede en última instancia provocar la muerte del tejido y el colapso de la nariz en sí.

Sin embargo, en caso de lesiones menores de la nariz, es posible que el médico prefiera revisar al paciente al cabo de la primera semana después de la lesión, en caso de que la nariz pueda haber resultado deformada.

Ocasionalmente, puede ser necesario practicar una cirugía para corregir una deformidad de la nariz o del tabique nasal causada por un traumatismo.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/9/2009
  • Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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