Case ReportInternational Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

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A nearly missed foreign body in frontal sinus: case report

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;6(2):425-427.DOI10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20200164

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Abstract

Foreign body in paranasal sinus is rare. Very few cases have been reported of lodgement of foreign body in paranasal sinuses. Garces and Norris reported that 70% of these foreign bodies usually appeared after maxillofacial traumas and 30% appeared during or after dental procedures of maxilla. Foreign bodies are less common in the frontal sinus as compared to maxillary sinus. This is a case of foreign body in frontal sinus in an eighteen-year-old gentleman after a road traffic accident.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Bintulu Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia

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