Foreign body impaction: fifty years inside the nose.
An incidental finding of a foreign body in the nose is an infrequent event. When foreign bodies are discovered incidentally, they are usually detected during an investigation of chronic symptoms. We describe a case that is of interest because a nasal foreign body had remained clinically silent for more than 50 years.
Department of Ear Nose and Throat Surgery, Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, Essex, UK. vpitsinis@aol.com
Vassilis
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Pitsinis
Alpa
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Patel
D004724:Endoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*