Rhinolith in a patient with cleft palate: a case report

Dent Update. 1996 Oct;23(8):330-2.

Abstract

Dental anomalies are well documented in patients with cleft palate, although reports of intranasal teeth in these patients are extremely rare. This paper discusses the case of a rhinolith associated with tooth-like structures in a patient with a treated cleft palate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Calculi / etiology*
  • Calculi / surgery
  • Cleft Palate / complications*
  • Cuspid / abnormalities*
  • Cuspid / diagnostic imaging
  • Cuspid / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nasal Cavity / diagnostic imaging
  • Nasal Cavity / surgery
  • Nose Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Nose Diseases / etiology*
  • Nose Diseases / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / complications*
  • Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / diagnostic imaging
  • Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / surgery
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / complications*
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / surgery