Foreign body in the ethmoid sinus.
An air gun pellet lodged in the posterior ethmoid sinus in a 1-year-old child is described. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery enabled the removal of the pellet, obviating an external ethmoidectomy.
Ears Unit, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
P S
PS
Murthy
J S
JS
Sahota
D R
DR
Nayak
R
R
Balakrishnan
P
P
Hazarika
D004724:Endoscopy; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot