CASE REPORT
A Rare Entity Causing Chronic Snusitis: Ectopic Tooth in Maxillary Sinus
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya,Turkey
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Department of otorhinolaryngology at Ümraniye State Hospital for Research and Training, İstanbul, Turkey
Publication date: 2015-01-07
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Gurkan Kayabasoglu
Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2015;12(1):86-89
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ABSTRACT
Ectopic teeth have been rarely described in non-dental and non-oral localizations. Ectopic tooth eruption in maxillary sinus usually runs across incidentally during routine radiological or clinical evaluation because it is generally asymptomatic. If it occurs symptomaticaly; the findings like purulent rhinorrhoea, facial pain, headache, swelling, epistaxis and epiphora can be seen. It is often treated via Caldwell-Luc procedure. In this study, a case of ectopic maxillary third molar tooth on right maxillary sinus is presented.