title: Unusual type of foreign body in the maxillary sinus.
abstract: A broken end of the spear presenting as a foreign body in the nasopharynx and right maxillary sinus in a 19-year-old Papua New Guinean is described. The types of foreign bodies and their mechanisms of introduction into this site are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Division of ENT Diseases, Port Moresby General Hospital, Boroko, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pulotu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D019838:Neck Injuries; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D014857:Warfare; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications