Tag: Rhinolith
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Rhinolith – Plastic Bead in the Nose
Most commonly encountered FBs in the nose in kids are beans or other foodstuffs, beads, pebbles, paper wads, and eraser tips. These foreign bodies usually lodge on the floor of the anterior or middle third of the nasal cavity. Rhinolith is also known as nasal calculus. Nasal Rhinoliths are usually unilateral and solitary, and most…
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Plastic Bead Stuck in the Nose for 2 years -Rhinolith
Most cases of foreign bodies in the nose and nasal cavity occur in toddlers and children from 1-8 years of age. Common objects found in noses include food material, tissue paper, beads, toys, and rocks. Here a 7 yr old boy pushed up a bead in the nose an year or two ago and now…

