A case of an inverted tooth in the nasal cavity.
We report a case of an inverted tooth in the nasal cavity. The patient was a 27-year-old man who attended our hospital in May 1998, complaining of left cheek-pain. There was nothing remarkable in his medical or family history. Fiberscopic (intranasal) and radiological examinations revealed a white foreign body in the left nasal cavity, within 2 cm of the left nostril. This foreign body was diagnosed as an inverted tooth. It was removed under general anesthesia and found to be 17 mm in length. Although the tooth showed a single root, it possessed two cusps and we deduced it to be a molar.
Kuroda
Hisashi
H
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki, Japan. h-kuroda@gj8.so-net.ne.jp
Tsutsumi
Kouichiro
K
Tomisawa
Hideo
H
Koizuka
Izumi
I
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery