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W R Mealer

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Cor pulmonale and facio-auriculo-vertebral sequence.

Two patients with facio-auriculo-vertebral sequence and cor pulmonale secondary to chronic airway obstruction responded rapidly and completely following surgical removal of normal-sized tonsillar and adenoidal tissue. Any child with a craniofacial malformation that includes diminished pharyngeal dimension or moderate micrognathia with midface hypoplasia must be observed closely, lest chronic progressive airflow impedance lead to right heart failure.

Adenoidectomy↗