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A transethmoid transorbital foreign body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Reshma A. Udwadia*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, L.T.M.M.C. and L.T.M.G.H., Sion, Bombay, India.
Dipti Maniar
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, L.T.M.M.C. and L.T.M.G.H., Sion, Bombay, India.
Mukul Acharya
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, L.T.M.M.C. and L.T.M.G.H., Sion, Bombay, India.
*
Dr Reshma A. Udwadia, 10 Normandie, Carmichael Road, Bombay 400 026, India.

Abstract

A case of an unusual foreign body, the bristle end of a broken toothbrush which was removed for the ethmoid sinus complex is presented.

Type
Radiology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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