Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, “Carlo Poma” Civil Hospital, Article Ref. #: 1000OTLOJ2116 Mantova, ItalyItaly
Department of Otolaryngology, Vittorio Veneto Civil Hospital, Vittorio Veneto, ItalyItaly
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Ectopic teeth erupted in the maxillary sinus (MS) or Pterygomaxillary Fossa (PF) are rarely reported. Though often asymptomatic, patients with ectopic teeth in the MS or PF may suffer from facial pain/numbness, purulent nasal discharge, facial edema, epiphora, and haemoptysis. Caldwell-Luc procedure is traditionally performed to remove ectopic teeth from the sinus, though several side effects and complications have been reported. The maxillary facial pain and numbness following such procedure can be extremely bothersome. This paper reports the case of a young woman suffering from maxillary facial pain and swelling due to an ectopic molar tooth in the PF and related maxillary sinusitis. Tooth removal and MS cleaning were carried out through a transnasal endoscopic approach. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient did not complain any facial pain or numbness. We conclude that transnasal endoscopy is a painless and easy approach for the removal of ectopic teeth from the PF thanks to the low morbidity of intranasal antrotomy and advantages of endoscopic vision.
Keywords: Endoscopic extraction; Transnasal removal; Ectopic tooth; Pterygomaxillary fossa
ISSN 2470-4059 http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/OTLOJ-3-e005 Open Journal Editorial Motto of Otolaryngology – Open Journal * *Corresponding author (OTLOJ) Mustafa ÇELİK, MD Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery * Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Mustafa ÇELİK, MD* Research Hospital Zuhuratbaba Mah, Tevfik Sağlam Cad.
No:11, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Türkiye Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training Tel. 0905327065632 and Research Hospital, Zuhuratbaba Mah, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: dr.mcelik@yahoo.com Otolaryngology – Open Journal (OTLOJ) has become an important journal in the field Volume 3 : Issue 2 of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery in a very short span of time. Article submissions Article Ref. #: 1000OTLOJ3e005 for OTLOJ have increased rapidly without compromising on the quality of the publications, by performing a critical evaluation of the submissions following the completion of a double-blin- Article History ded peer-review process within a short duration. Of course, the decision governing a manusc- th Received: May 27th, 2017 ript publication is an outcome of the intensive review process undertaken by the experts our th Accepted: May 29th, 2017 valuable reviewers, and the members of our editorial board who work equally hardly to reduce th Published: May 30th, 2017 the length of the the review process.
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