title: Unusual complication of condrocostal implant in rhinoplasty.
abstract: A 67-year-old patient with a casual diagnosis of a foreign body within the frontal sinus outreaching the frontal cerebral parenchyma was treated. Results of anamnestic examination revealed that the patient underwent rhinoplasty with condrocostal implant of the nasal dorsum fixed to the anterior wall of the frontal sinus using a Kirschner wire 2 years ago. A combined transnasal endoscopic and transcranic approach was performed to remove the foreign body.
authors.affiliation: From the *Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Sant'Andrea," †Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Policlinico Umberto I," Rome; ‡Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Messina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Policlinico G. Martino," Messina; and §Unit of Neurosurgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Sant'Andrea," Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Evaristo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Virciglio
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fini
authors.forename: Elidon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mici
authors.forename: Filippo Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Polli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*