title: Rhinolithiasis due to supernumerary ectopic tooth: very rare case.
abstract: An ectopic supernumerary tooth causing the formation of rhinolith was never reported before in the medical literature. A 30 years old male patient presented to our hospital with one sided nasal obstruction, recurrent epistaxis, and nasal discharge. Anterior rhinoscopy, nasal endoscopy and X-ray paranasal sinuses revealed a rhinolith in the left nasal cavity. Preoperative evaluation and post operative examination of the specimen proved that the nidus of rhinolith was a supernumerary ectopic tooth.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Nara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janardhan
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: S Rajesh
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: R Raghavendra
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: C Aruna
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Ectopic tooth; Rhinolith; Supernumerary teeth