title: Recurrent rhinolithiasis: a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: Rhinolith is an uncommon nasal mass and a rare entity encountered in clinical practice. The typical symptoms of rhinolith are unilateral nasal obstruction, foul smelling purulent nasal discharge and epistaxis, crusting, swelling of nose or face, anosmia, epiphora and headache. In this report, we present a case of recurrent rhinolith manifesting as an incidental finding on dental radiographs. A 26-year old male patient with a history of long standing halitosis had an operation for rhinolith seven years previously. Rhinolith in the right nasal cavity was diagnosed on rigid endoscopic examination. Rhinolith was removed by using a rigid nasal endoscope under local anaesthesia. To our knowledge, recurrence of rhinolith has not been described previously in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Numune Hospital, 58010 Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: D Ozdemir
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muderris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed