A Case Report of Complication of Foreign Body in the Nose
Received Date: Jan 20, 2020 / Accepted Date: Feb 24, 2020 / Published Date: Mar 02, 2020
Abstract
Background: Foreign body in the nose, a common presentation in the ENT clinic and emergency room can have potentially fatal complications. Aim: To present a serious complication of foreign body in the nose.
Case report: A three years old female presented to our clinic with a history of foreign body in the nose for three days and left eye swelling of two days. Examination revealed a foreign body in the left nasal cavity complicated by acute left maxillary sinusitis and left periorbital cellulitis. She improved remarkably with foreign body removal and antibiotic administration.
Conclusion: Foreign body in the nose could have potentially fatal complications like sinusitis and orbital cellulitis, early presentation, foreign body removal and administration of antibiotics can effectively treat the complications.
Keywords: Foreign body in the nose; Acute sinusitis; Orbital cellulitis
Citation: Eustace OE, John A (2020) A Case Report of Complication of Foreign Body in the Nose. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 10: 392. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000392
Copyright: © 2020 Eustace OE, et al. 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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