DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2018.4.10.14

Pages: 231-233

Congenital Fistulas of the face, specifically of the nose are embryological malformations infrequent and poorly understood. These medial malformations may be of branchial origin or not. Their formation can be explained by the persistence of an anatomical disposition, normally transient during the embryonic life (2nd month of life in utero). Their circumstances of discovery are variable: in the presence of an external fistula or in episodes of repeated superinfections. These median congenital fistulas must be known earlier for early surgical management because of the significant risk of superinfection. The main differential diagnosis is meningoencephalocele