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Mathews, A., Nair, A., Tandon, S. and D’Souza, O. (2010) Penetrating Foreign Body in the Maxillary Sinus and Pterygopalatine Fossa: Report of a Rare Case. Internet Journal of Head & Neck Surgery, 4, 9.

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• TITLE: Large Foreign Body in the Nasal Cavity, Maxillary Sinus and Infratemporal Fossa—Atypical Presentation

  AUTHORS: Subrat Kumar Behera, Niranjan Mishra, Sharath Govindappa

  KEYWORDS: Foreign Body, Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Infratemporal Fossa, Trismus

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol.3 No.6, November 19, 2014

  ABSTRACT: A 59-year-old male presented with complaints of trismus and discharge of altered blood from nose for 1 year. Patient had a history of facial trauma one year back. Nasal endoscopy and CT scan revealed a foreign body lodged in posterior half of both nasal cavity, left maxillary sinus and left infratemporal fossa penetrating the walls of maxillary sinus and nasal septum. Foreign body was removed by infratemporal fossa approach. This case has a rare location of a forgotten foreign body with atypical presentation.