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A 16-year-old boy with chronic right-sided mucopurulent nasal discharge and history of facial trauma 8 months back. CT PNS axial and coronal images (A and B) reveal well-defined hyperdense cylindrical foreign bodies (arrow) in the right inferior meatus, surrounded by hypodense secretions. Previous CT PNS axial and coronal images (C and D) acquired after trauma reveal well-marginated cylindrical air attenuation lesions (arrow) at the same site. Surgical specimen (E) shows multiple wooden foreign bodies
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A repeat CT scan [Figures 1a and b] showed three hyperdense cylindrical foreign bodies (white arrow) in the right inferior meatus, surrounded by hypodense secretions. On review of previous CT [Figure 1c and d], well-marginated cylindrical hypodense lesions [Hounsfield Units (HU) -272], which resembled air density, were noted in the right inferior meatus, surrounded by hypodense secretions (white arrow). At surgery, three wooden pieces [Figure 1e] were found in the inferior meatus covered with granulation tissue, which were completely removed.