A Rare Entity Causing Chronic Snusitis: Ectopic Tooth in Maxillary Sinus
Gurkan Kayabasoglu 1 * , Murat Karaman 2, Recep Kaymaz 1, Alpen Nacar 1
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1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya,Turkey2 Department of otorhinolaryngology at Ümraniye State Hospital for Research and Training, İstanbul, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Ectopic teeth have been rarely described in non-dental and non-oral localizations. Ectopic tooth eruption in maxillary sinus usually runs across incidentally during routine radiological or clinical evaluation because it is generally asymptomatic. If it occurs symptomaticaly; the findings like purulent rhinorrhoea, facial pain, headache, swelling, epistaxis and epiphora can be seen. It is often treated via Caldwell-Luc procedure. In this study, a case of ectopic maxillary third molar tooth on right maxillary sinus is presented.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2015, 86-89

https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.17

Publication date: 07 Jan 2015

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