Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report
Foreign bodies in maxillary sinuses are unusual clinical conditions, and they can cause chronic sinusitis by mucosal irritation. Most cases of foreign bodies in maxillary sinus are related to iatrogenic dental manipulation and only a few cases with non-dental origin are reported. Oroantral fistulas...
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| description | Foreign bodies in maxillary sinuses are unusual clinical conditions, and they can cause chronic sinusitis by mucosal irritation. Most cases of foreign bodies in maxillary sinus are related to iatrogenic dental manipulation and only a few cases with non-dental origin are reported. Oroantral fistulas secondary to dental procedures are the most common way of insertion. Treatment is surgical removal of the foreign body either endoscopically or with a combined approach, with Caldwell-Luc procedure if endoscopic approach is inadequate for visualisation. In this case, we present a 24-year-old male patient with unilateral chronic maxillary sinusitis due to a wooden toothpick in left maxillary sinus. The patient had a history of upper second premolar tooth extraction. CT scan revealed sinus opacification with presence of a foreign body in left maxillary sinus extending from the floor of the sinus to the orbital base. The foreign body, a wooden toothpick, was removed with Caldwell-Luc procedure since it was impossible to remove the toothpick endoscopically. There was no obvious oroantral fistula in the time of surgery, but the position of the toothpick made us to think that it was inserted through a previously healed fistula, willingly or accidentally. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7b923ee06ca44d51bb1a6477dc3b67992025-08-20T02:06:54ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732012-01-01201210.1155/2012/903714903714Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case ReportYunus Feyyat Şahin0Togay Muderris1Sami Bercin2Ergun Sevil3Muzaffer Kırıs4Division of Otolaryngology, Batman Şifa Hospital, 72070 Batman, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, TurkeyForeign bodies in maxillary sinuses are unusual clinical conditions, and they can cause chronic sinusitis by mucosal irritation. Most cases of foreign bodies in maxillary sinus are related to iatrogenic dental manipulation and only a few cases with non-dental origin are reported. Oroantral fistulas secondary to dental procedures are the most common way of insertion. Treatment is surgical removal of the foreign body either endoscopically or with a combined approach, with Caldwell-Luc procedure if endoscopic approach is inadequate for visualisation. In this case, we present a 24-year-old male patient with unilateral chronic maxillary sinusitis due to a wooden toothpick in left maxillary sinus. The patient had a history of upper second premolar tooth extraction. CT scan revealed sinus opacification with presence of a foreign body in left maxillary sinus extending from the floor of the sinus to the orbital base. The foreign body, a wooden toothpick, was removed with Caldwell-Luc procedure since it was impossible to remove the toothpick endoscopically. There was no obvious oroantral fistula in the time of surgery, but the position of the toothpick made us to think that it was inserted through a previously healed fistula, willingly or accidentally.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/903714 |
| spellingShingle | Yunus Feyyat Şahin Togay Muderris Sami Bercin Ergun Sevil Muzaffer Kırıs Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report |
| title_full | Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report |
| title_short | Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated with an Unusual Foreign Body: A Case Report |
| title_sort | chronic maxillary sinusitis associated with an unusual foreign body a case report |
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