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Antrolithiasis in the frontal sinus.

S Mori·K Lee·S Fujieda·A Kojima·H Saito
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A very rare case of sinusitis with antrolithiasis in the left frontal sinus of a 63-year-old male patient is reported. Various conservative treatments had no effect on the decrease of his left frontal pain and of postnasal drip. Neither bacteria nor fungus were detected in the discharge. Computed tomographic scanning revealed several high-dense spots in an isodense shadow in the left frontal sinus. At first, endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) was employed and a stony mass was detected in the nasofrontal duct and sinus. Patency of the nasofrontal duct was insured and a sticky paste and small masses were removed as well as possible. However, the flow of discharge from the frontal duct continued after surgery. We performed a second operation with extranasal approach and additional stones in the sinus were successfully removed. Most cases of antrolithiasis are caused by a foreign body or caseous sinusitis with fungus. The maxillary sinus is the most common site of disease in antrolithiasis. It is unknown why the present case of antrolithiasis was in the frontal sinus. In such cases of antrolithiasis or cases having pastelike contents in the frontal sinuses, we conclude that ESS may be an unsuccessful treatment and a classical surgical approach may be required.

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S Mori, K Lee, S Fujieda, A Kojima, H Saito. Antrolithiasis in the frontal sinus.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000027765

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