Endoscopic endonasal retrieval of air gun pellet retained in the frontal sinus: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Foreign bodies in paranasal sinuses are rarely encountered and most commonly present in the maxillary sinus. Guidelines for managing paranasal sinus object removal are limited due to its rarity. However, there are three major management options: open surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, and observation.

Case presentation

We report a rare case of an 18-year-old boy who underwent extended frontal sinus surgery to retrieve a retained air gun pellet in the right frontal sinus and repair the skull base defect resulting from the air gun pellet.

Clinical discussion

Physicians commonly use endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for improving sinus drainage in recurrent chronic and acute infective sinusitis. Extended sinus surgery aims to maximize the communi

SUBMITTER: Shah HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature