RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Giant ’staghorn' rhinolith in a 15-year-old girl
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e227587
DO 10.1136/bcr-2018-227587
VO 11
IS 1
A1 Mohiyuddin Ali
YR 2018
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e227587.abstract
AB We describe a case of a 15-year-old girl who presented to our clinic with long-standing right-sided rhinorrhoea which was occasionally foul-smelling and blood-stained with no other symptom of note. She had been treated many times with antibiotics. On examination, a rhinolith was discovered impacted posteriorly in right nasal cavity with mucopurulent discharge. Plain X-ray and later CT scan of paranasal sinuses confirmed the diagnosis but it was found to be large in size with irregular shape like a ‘staghorn’. It was removed under general anaesthesia and she recovered uneventfully. We also describe the review of literature.