MGM Journal of Medical Sciences (Jan 2019)

Rhinolith: A case report

  • Rakesh Kumar,
  • Jagadish Kumar A Sunkum,
  • Ankur Khanna,
  • Gurjeet Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/mgmj.mgmj_23_20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 206 – 208

Abstract

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A case of large rhinolith arising on a foreign body is presented. Rhinolith is synonymous with the stone in the nose. It may be asymptomatic in some patients. A 30-year-old female patient presented with nasal obstruction, intermittent foul-smelling nasal discharge, and bleeding from the right nasal cavity. The patient was diagnosed as a case of rhinolith by endoscopy, X-ray para nasal sinuses (PNS) and confirmed by computerized tomography scan of PNS. She was operated successfully and rhinolith was removed.

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