Huge Long Standing Staghorn Rhinolith in a Young Adult.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Published: April 2023

Rhinolith is an uncommon condition that usually happens due to mineralisation of calcium and magnesium salts over a retained foreign body inside the nasal cavity for long period of time. Here we report one such case of a 33-year-old lady who presented to us with long standing intermittent epistaxis and on examination rhinolith was discovered.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10188877PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03611-wDOI Listing

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