title: A different placement of the stone; rhinolithiasis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rhinolithiasis is a rare disease and formed by mineralization in the nasal cavity. Precipitated calcareous material on intranasal foreign substances forms the rhinoliths. It is start time could have since childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this article, we present eight cases of rhinolithiasis who admitted to our Clinic between January 2001 and December 2010 with unilateral chronic nasal discharge, nasal obstruction and oral malodor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rhinolithiasis mostly manifests itself with unilateral purulent rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction and facial pain symptoms. We aimed to discuss these entity with similar cases in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of the Otolaryngology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Samsun, Turkey. rifatkarli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006209:Halitosis / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult