title: Rhinolithiasis: the importance of flat panel detector-based cone beam computed tomography in diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Rhinolithiasis is a disease caused by deposition of organic and inorganic compounds in the nasal cavity. A nidus may be endogenous or exogenous. Rhinoliths are uncommon and often an asymptomatic condition diagnosed accidentally during a routine examination; but sometimes they may cause complications such as unilateral nasal obstruction, fetid rhinorrhea, or epistaxis. This article describes a case of rhinolith involving a 21-year-old female. The flat panel detector-based cone beam computed tomography (FPD-CBCT) findings, differential diagnosis, and treatment in a case of rhinolith are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sumbullu
authors.forename: Ummuhan
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tozoglu
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yoruk
authors.forename: A Berhan
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ucuncu
mesh_terms: D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult