Rare Case of Long Standing Foreign Body in Maxillary Sinus

Foreign body in maxillary sinus is not uncommon. Case reports published worldwide have been reviewed. We present a case which was suggestive of carcinoma of maxillary sinus, but it was foreign body ‘stone’ in right maxillary sinus which was almost 30 years old.

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