Foreign Body in Frontal Sinus: Case Report

• Published in: Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 123 - 126
• Main Authors: İbrahim Çukurova, Erhan Demirhan, Murat Gümüşsoy, Yusuf Yalçın, O. Gazi Yiğitbaşı
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Galenos Yayincilik 01-12-2013
• Subjects: endoscopy; foreign bodies; frontal sinus
• ISSN: 2667-7474
• DOI: 10.5152/tao.2013.1301

A foreign body in the frontal sinus is extremely rare and most cases are related to maxillo-facial trauma. Sixty eight year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with left nasal obstruction and left frontal pain. A polypoid mass was detected at the left middle meatus by endoscopic examination. Loss of frontal sinus aeration and soft tissue density, especially at the anterior ethmoid region, were observed in the computed tomography scans. The history of the patient was unremarkable except for a neurosurgical operation due to a benign frontoparietal tumour in 1998. Fronto-ethmoidectomy was performed with an endoscopic transnasal approach under general anaesthesia. The histopathological examination was reported as “bone-wax”. The patient had no problem in the 3rd postoperative month. This rare case is presented with clinical and radiological findings and a picture of the foreign body.