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Rhinolith in the right nasal cavity.
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After clearing the nasal cavity of the secretion by aspiration, and detumescence of the mucosa, a blackish solid foreign body was detected at the level of the piriform aperture, which almost completely occluded the right nasal cavity (Figure 1).
Coronal CT showing a calcified space-consuming lesion occupying much of the right nasal cavity.
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The axial/coronal CT scan of the nasal cavity, obtained to exclude bony destruction, revealed a large, dense, space-consuming lesion measuring between one and a maximum of three cm in diameter located in the inferior and middle meatus on the right, and presenting partly regular, partly irregular margins and caused shadowing of the right maxillary sinus (Figures 2 and 3).
Axial CT scan showing the rhinolith in the right nasal cavity, with consecutive shadowing of the right maxillary sinus.
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The axial/coronal CT scan of the nasal cavity, obtained to exclude bony destruction, revealed a large, dense, space-consuming lesion measuring between one and a maximum of three cm in diameter located in the inferior and middle meatus on the right, and presenting partly regular, partly irregular margins and caused shadowing of the right maxillary sinus (Figures 2 and 3).
Removed rhinolith.
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Under general anaesthesia, the rhinolith was broken into two fragments and removed (Figure 4).