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Review Article| Volume 40, ISSUE 6, P651-652, November 1987

Triple nostrils: a case report and review

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      Summary

      In this paper we present a case of a “third nostril” situated below the left nostril and passing posteriorly into the nasal cavity. In all previously published cases the supernumerary nostril has been situated superior to the normal nostrils.

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