RHINOLITH-

MIMICKING FOREIGN BODY

Case report
 INDENTIFY CASE REPORT

D. Sridhara Narayanan*, K. Jaya Sudha Department of

ENT, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Bharat University,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Email: narayanan21.sn@gmail.com

Indian Journal of Clinical and Non clinical Case Studies

Sridhara Narayanan & Jayasudha, 2018:Article.No.006

 ABSTRAK
A blackish solid foreign body mimicking as “Rhinoliths”
was detected in the right nasal cavity of a 37-year-old out
patient who exhibited nasal obstruction, a purulent
discharge with foul smell from the left nostril
 INTRODUCTION

According to Denker and Brünings [1], rhinoliths are mostly

found to occur in children and the mentally retarded, who
put insuchitems as small stones, coins, beads and into a
nostril. Moreover trauma, nasal packaging, surgical
operations and dental work, and plugs of ointment could
encourage the growth of a rhinolith.Vomiting may facilitate
the entry of the foreign bodies into the nose via the choana
and remain there forming of the foreign body as rhinoliths.
Finally, a rhinolith may build up unexpectedly as an
established chronic polypoid sinusitis with gathering of
secretions and mineral deposition [2, 3]. Normally if the
endonasal mucosa is intact, entry of any tiny foreign particles
into the nose during inspiration may be eliminated through
the ciliary action and secretion of mucus