A rhinolith surrounded by a nasal polyp.
Rhinoliths are uncommon mineralized nasal mass in children and adolescents. We reported a case of unilateral rhinolith that presented as a nasal polyp. A 29-year-old woman who had right-sided nasal purulent discharge, nasal obstruction, intermittent epistaxis, and posterior nasal drip for 6 months was admitted to our department. Nasal examination revealed a nasal mass between the inferior turbinate and the nasal septum, presenting as a nasal polyp or a nasal tumor. Paranasal sinus computed tomographic scan confirmed a calcified mass in soft tissue. We removed the rhinolith and the soft tissue that was around it with a transnasal endoscopic approach. Histologic analysis of the soft tissue identified inflammatory nasal polypoid tissue.
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Duzce Medical Faculty, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey. dryilmazsuleyman@yahoo.com
Süleyman
S
Yılmaz
Damla Güçlü
DG
Güven
Buğra
B
Subaşı
Şahnur Yıldızbaş
ŞY
Güler
Ender
E
Güçlü
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013492:Suppuration; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed