Huge Long Standing Staghorn Rhinolith in a Young Adult

Kumareysh VV; Kumarasamy G; Letchumanan P; Rajan P; Md Shukri N

doi:10.1007/s12070-023-03611-w

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Huge Long Standing Staghorn Rhinolith in a Young Adult

Kumareysh VV ¹ , Kumarasamy G ¹ , Letchumanan P ¹ , Rajan P ¹ , Md Shukri N ²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak Malaysia
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2023 Apr;75(Suppl 1):1053-1055.

PMID: 37206833 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-03611-w

Abstract

Rhinolith is an uncommon condition that usually happens due to mineralisation of calcium and magnesium salts over a retained foreign body inside the nasal cavity for long period of time. Here we report one such case of a 33-year-old lady who presented to us with long standing intermittent epistaxis and on examination rhinolith was discovered.

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