title: Intrasphenoidal migration of a premaxillary Kirschner wire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The use of Kirschner wire for the fixation of premaxilla is a well-known method in bilateral cleft lip surgery. We report a case in which the Kirschner wire of the premaxillary fixation had migrated intrasphenoidally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The foreign body was accidentally discovered during a cephalometric analysis and was taken out surgically through an upper lip sulcus incision. Although the wire remained asymptomatic for 10 years, it constituted a potential danger for intracranial migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kayikçioğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karamüsel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mavili
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benli
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus