Self-induced ethmoidectomy from rhinotillexomania.
A 53-year-old woman with a long history of compulsive nose picking (rhinotillexomania) presented with a large, self-inflicted nasal septal perforation and right-sided penetration of the ethmoidal sinus, or "ethmoidectomy."
Caruso
R D
RD
Department of Radiology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, 13210, USA.
Sherry
R G
RG
Rosenbaum
A E
AE
Joy
S E
SE
Chang
J K
JK
Sanford
D M
DM
D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed