Multiple causes for rhinolithiasis
Volume: 52 - Issue: 2
First page: 183 - Last page: 186
T. Send - M. Jakob - K.W.G. Eichhorn
DOI: 10.4193/Rhin13.153
BACKGROUND: Rhinoliths are rare affections of the main nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses. Initially, as a result of their low incidence, they are often incorrectly classified as calcified tumors in clinical examination.
METHODOLOGY: We have identified three cases in our patient population and evaluated the clinical symptoms as well as the
pathological findings and the causes of the disease.
RESULTS: Due to their extension and the respective clinical pattern, all masses were surgically removed under endotracheal anesthesia. The histopathological findings comprised an ectopic tooth, a vegetable (most likely a leaf from the garden) as well as a textile foreign body (probably of iatrogenic origin).
CONCLUSION: Undiscovered foreign bodies of the main nasal cavity are a common cause for the formation of rhinoliths. We have also displayed the respective incidence and the therapeutic options.
Rhinology 52 - 2: 183-186, 2014
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