title: Dentigerous cyst presenting as facial pain.
abstract: A rare case is presented in which a maxillary dentigerous cyst had eroded the posterior wall of the right maxillary sinus into the pterygo-palatine fossa causing facial pain due to pressure on the nerves. It had also eroded the lateral wall of sinus and into the oral cavity and got infected resulting in foul smelling oral discharge. The case was dealt with complete removal of cyst using Caldwell Luc's approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. razanusrat@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manzoor
authors.forename: Syed Nusrat
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qayyum
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery