Authors report two cases of 31 and 42 year old women who for many years had a unilateral nasal obstruction: first case due to a large polyp, second one due to a mucosal inflammation but both caused by a rhinolithiasis. The latter is formed over several years around a vegetable seed or a piece of material neglected since childhood. The rhinolithiasis is a calcareous concretion formed in layers visible by X-rays. This type of growth is usually enhanced by weak economic development of certain countries.
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