title: Glass in the frontal sinus: 28-year delayed presentation.
abstract: Reports of delayed presentation of foreign bodies in the frontal sinus are infrequent and likely to become rarer with the widespread availability of computed tomography in the last 2 decades. We present a case in which glass from a road traffic injury was found in the frontal sinus, causing symptoms of frontal sinusitis 28 years after the initial injury. We also present a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Canterbury DHB, Private Bag 4710, Christchurch, New Zealand. alice_guidera@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Alice K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Guidera
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Hans R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Stegehuis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography