title: [Iatrogenic foreign body of the nose].
abstract: The present case involves an intranasal foreign body that was discovered five months after conservative therapy of a myocardial infarction. In such cases, oxygen tubes are fixed by plastic blocks which can accidentally become lodged in the nose. In this case, an elderly patient was suspected of having a carcinoma of the inner nose.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berghaus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009666:Nose; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Iatrogener Nasenfremdkörper.