Author:
Moroi Akinori,Iguchi Ran,Yoshizawa Kunio,Ueki Koichiro
Abstract
This report describes a rare case of a foreign body in the sphenoid sinus from the tip of an osteotome, which was lodged during the Le Fort I osteotomy. After surgery, a 2-mm-diameter round-shaped foreign body was seen as an opaque image in the right sphenoid sinus on computed tomography. The tip of the broken osteotome (Bauer) was confirmed after the intraoperative instruments were investigated. The foreign body was removed using an interventional endoscope and navigation computed tomography, and a good prognosis was obtained.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
General Medicine,Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery