Rhinolithiasis: the importance of flat panel detector-based cone beam computed tomography in diagnosis and treatment

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2009 Jun;107(6):e65-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.02.029.

Abstract

Rhinolithiasis is a disease caused by deposition of organic and inorganic compounds in the nasal cavity. A nidus may be endogenous or exogenous. Rhinoliths are uncommon and often an asymptomatic condition diagnosed accidentally during a routine examination; but sometimes they may cause complications such as unilateral nasal obstruction, fetid rhinorrhea, or epistaxis. This article describes a case of rhinolith involving a 21-year-old female. The flat panel detector-based cone beam computed tomography (FPD-CBCT) findings, differential diagnosis, and treatment in a case of rhinolith are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / instrumentation
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lithiasis / complications
  • Lithiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Lithiasis / pathology*
  • Lithiasis / surgery
  • Nasal Cavity / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nasal Cavity / pathology
  • Nose Diseases / complications
  • Nose Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Nose Diseases / pathology*
  • Nose Diseases / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult