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Rhinolithiasis: a review
S S Appleton1, R E Kimbrough, H I Engstrom
1Oral Medicine Clinic, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Calif.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
A rhinolith is an object that has become lodged in the nose and has slowly calcified. It is seen on dental radiographs as a radiopaque object in the nasal fossa and may be confused with several pathologic entities that call for more invasive surgical procedures. A history of unilateral nasal stuffiness, obstruction, and discharge is common but not always present. Two clinically diverse cases are presented.