Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity

Ectopic teeth in the nasal cavity are a rare phenomenon. They are often associated with a variety of symptoms and future complications, ranging from nasal crusting and obstruction to chronic infections. In most reported cases, their removal is recommended. Here, we report a case of an ectopic intran...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Soumya, Cipolla, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8475738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603864
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17465
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description Ectopic teeth in the nasal cavity are a rare phenomenon. They are often associated with a variety of symptoms and future complications, ranging from nasal crusting and obstruction to chronic infections. In most reported cases, their removal is recommended. Here, we report a case of an ectopic intranasal tooth in a symptomatic adult. The tooth was removed endoscopically with good results.
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spelling pubmed-84757382021-09-30 Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity Gupta, Soumya Cipolla, Michael Cureus Otolaryngology Ectopic teeth in the nasal cavity are a rare phenomenon. They are often associated with a variety of symptoms and future complications, ranging from nasal crusting and obstruction to chronic infections. In most reported cases, their removal is recommended. Here, we report a case of an ectopic intranasal tooth in a symptomatic adult. The tooth was removed endoscopically with good results. Cureus 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8475738/ /pubmed/34603864 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17465 Text en Copyright © 2021, Gupta et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title_full Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title_fullStr Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title_full_unstemmed Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title_short Endoscopic Surgical Excision of Ectopic Tooth in Left Nasal Cavity
title_sort endoscopic surgical excision of ectopic tooth in left nasal cavity
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8475738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603864
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