Unilateral inferior turbinate hypoplasia caused by a longstanding (approximately 35 yr) nasal foreign body.
We report the unusual case of a 44-year-old man who presented with a plastic foreign body that had been lodged in his right nasal cavity for approximately 35 years. Initial attempts to remove the object were unsuccessful; only after it was broken into several parts was removal achieved. Rigid nasal endoscopy and computed tomography revealed hypoplasia of the ipsilateral inferior turbinate.
Derosas
Fiorenza
F
Centro Medico-Chirurgico di Foniatria, Padova, Italy.
Marioni
Gino
G
Brescia
Giuseppe
G
Florio
Alessandra
A
Staffieri
Claudia
C
Staffieri
Alberto
A
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D014420:Turbinates / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*