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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México
Print version ISSN 1665-1146
Abstract
RANGEL CHAVEZ, José de Jesús; ESPINOSA MARTINEZ, Cynthia and MEDINA SERPA, Aldo Uzziel. Midface alterations in childhood as pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2016, vol.73, n.4, pp.278-282. ISSN 1665-1146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmhimx.2016.06.001.
The onset of nasal breathing sets a genetically determined impulse to aerate the face cavities or paranasal sinuses, which in turn initiate its growth creating the useful trafficable space for air during the development of the midface. Considering the evidence that the upper airway obstruction has a primary role in the pathogenesis of respiratory sleep disorders, any condition that causes a permanent difficulty to the nasal airflow during breathing will cause hypo-development of the required amplitude in this airway, reducing the growth stimulation of the sinus cavities and altering the development of the midface as a whole.
Keywords : Midface; Aeration; Childhood; Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome.