Glass in the frontal sinus: report of three cases.
Patients with paranasal sinus foreign body are not commonly seen in otolaryngological practice; glass in the frontal sinus as a complication of maxillofacial trauma should be very rare, and papers dealing with this issue appear to be rare in the English literature. To elucidate the diagnostic pitfalls and the treatment aspects we present three cases of glass in the frontal sinus which occurred as a result of road traffic accidents.
Onerci
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Oğretmenoğlu
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Yilmaz
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography