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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr 17:2014:bcr2014204649.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204649.

Rhinolith causing unilateral chronic maxillary rhinosinusitis

Kiran Varadharajan  1 , Joanna Stephens, Gitta Madani, Abhijeet Parikh
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Rhinolith causing unilateral chronic maxillary rhinosinusitis

Kiran Varadharajan et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Coronal view of a CT scan demonstrating the rhinolith in the floor of the nose and unilateral maxillary rhinosinusitis (RMS, right maxillary sinus; IT, inferior turbinate; R, rhinolith).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Endoscopic view of the rhinolith in the right inferior meatus (R, rhinolith; IT, inferior turbinate; S, septum).
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