Hospital Practices and Research

An Unbelievable Foreign Body in a Maxillary Sinus

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Alireza Ehsanbakhsh 1
Nasrin Khorashadizadeh 1
Amin Saburi 2, 3

1 Radiology Department, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IR Iran

2 Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran

3 Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Centre, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IR Iran

https://doi.org/10.20286/hpr-010399
Abstract
Introduction: Misdiagnosis and the resulting mismanagement are challenging issues in complicated cases which present with obscure complaints. Interpreting radiologic studies, especially conventional plain radiologic images, remains the most frequently prescribed and useful modality for the first step of assessment.
Case Presentation: In this report, we present a case of mismanagement of a strange foreign body in the maxillary sinus of a child not found in a facial x-ray.
Conclusion: Inexperienced non-radiologist physicians may make misdiagnoses when reading conventional x-rays.

Keywords

Foreign body
Maxillary sinus
Plain Radiograph
Radiologist
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Hospital Practices and Research
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2016
Pages 101-102

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