title: Diagnosis of rhinoliths with rigid endoscopy.
abstract: Three cases of rhinolithiasis are presented in which the diagnosis was facilitated by rigid endoscopic nasal examination. Coronal CT scans were used to delineate accurately the size and site of the rhinoliths. Neutron activation analysis was used in their elemental analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoney
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hawke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D009666:Nose; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed