Foreign body in the maxillary sinus--possible plastic tube: a case report.
We experienced the case of a patient who had a foreign body in the maxillary sinus. The patient complained of recurrent unilateral badly smelling rhinorrhea. The computed tomography and the magnetic resonance images revealed a foreign body in the maxillary sinus. The foreign body was removed via the Caldwell-Luc approach. The foreign body was a plastic tube, which was supposed to be designed for the drainage of the maxillary sinus. However, the patient did not remember having been subjected to a treatment using such kind of tube. After the surgical removal, the patient became free from the nasal symptoms.
Hasegawa
Jun
J
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Nippon Medical School, Kosugi-cho 1-396, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan.
Watanabe
Ken-ichi
K
Kunitomo
Mayumi
M
Yamauchi
Yoko
Y
Kurosaki
Sadayuki
S
Higa
Issei
I
Aoki
Hideharu
H
Yagi
Toshiaki
T
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed