title: [An unusual case of a foreign body in the maxillary sinus].
abstract: An unusual case of a foreign body in the maxillary sinus was presented with a 13-year-old boy. The boy led a sewing needle into the maxillary sinus through a tooth destroyed by caries. Trying to remove the needle, the boy broke it. The existence of the foreign body was proved by an X-ray picture. The operation was conducted according to the Caldwell-Luc's method. A two centimeter piece of the needle was extracted. The interior of the sinus was cleaned and inflammated mucous membrane, and granulation were removed. The cause tooth was extracted. The tooth-socket was sewn and the fistula at the bottom of the sinus was covered with a peduncular layer of mucous membrane of the nasal duct. Post-operational conduct without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Laryngologii Dzieciecej Szpitala Miejskiego Nr 1 w Rybniku.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Domański
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009339:Needles; D011859:Radiography
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