An unusual cause of epistaxis in a young patient: the supernumerary nasal tooth.
Eruption of supernumerary teeth into the nasal cavity is a rare pathological condition. Identification of such teeth is important as they can sometimes cause significant morbidity. This report describes a young female patient with a complaint of epistaxis from the right nasal cavity. The diagnosis of a supernumerary nasal tooth was confirmed by computed tomography and the tooth was removed endoscopically with minimal morbidity.
Department of Dentistry, Jawaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, 605006, India, krishident@yahoo.co.uk.
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Krishnan
Pradipta Kumar
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Parida
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Gopalakrishnan
M V S
MV
Satyparakash
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery