Displaced Nasal Dilator Caused Severe Pain: Case Report and Literature Review
Internal nasal dilators are widely used but have not been reported to cause severe symptoms. We describe a case in which a male adult had accidentally, during sleep, inhaled a nasal dilator into his right nasal cavity, and we review the relevant literature. A PubMed search was performed of nasal dil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Allergy & Rhinology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2500/ar.2012.3.0029 |
| Summary: | Internal nasal dilators are widely used but have not been reported to cause severe symptoms. We describe a case in which a male adult had accidentally, during sleep, inhaled a nasal dilator into his right nasal cavity, and we review the relevant literature. A PubMed search was performed of nasal dilators, especially of the internal types, including “Nasaline Snooze'” (ENTPro, Stockholm, Sweden). A foreign body in adults may be an inhaled nasal dilator. It may be overlooked on computed tomography scans, and thorough inspection of the nose is diagnostic. |
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| ISSN: | 2152-6567 |