title: An unusual cause of facial pain.
abstract: A case of chronic facial pain and headache is presented. This was found to be due to two pieces of windscreen-glass lodged in the superior meatus of the patient's nose since a road-traffic-accident 14 years earlier. Despite being reported as normal, review of previous X-rays of her sinuses showed that the glass was visible. The importance of carefully assessing the intranasal area on sinus-views is illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Carpentier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hargreaves
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Timms
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors