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Case Reports
. 2018 Nov 3:14:e00467.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00467. eCollection 2018.

Chronic sinusitis-associated antrolith

Nyla Manning  1 , Patrick Wu  1 , Jana Preis  2 , Hector Ojeda-Martinez  1 , Michael Chan  2
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Chronic sinusitis-associated antrolith

Nyla Manning et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

An antrolith is a calcified mass found in the nasal cavity or sinus, usually maxillary, described in literature as a rare phenomenon. Its presenting symptoms are variable and include symptoms associated with chronic sinusitis. We describe a 66 year old man with chronic sinusitis who presented with facial pain and epistaxis and upon further evaluation was found to have an antrolith of the left maxillary sinus.

Keywords: Antrolith; Chronic sinusitis; Rhinolith; Rhinolithiasis; Sinolith; Sinusitis.

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CT of the head without contrast: No evidence of acute territorial infarct, hemorrhage, mass effect, or extra-axial collections. Findings suggestive of age related atrophy and chronic microvascular ischemic changes. Intracranial atherosclerotic disease.
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CT of the sinuses without contrast: Chronic left maxillary sinusitis with associated erosion of the anterior/inferior wall of the left maxillary sinus as well as the left maxillary alveolar ridge and hard palate. There is focal defect at the floor of the left maxillary sinus. There is mild soft tissue prominence anterior to the left alveolar ridge, overlying the area of osseous erosion, without evidence for drainable fluid collection.
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