Dental implant and fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus

D H Lee; T M Yoon; J K Lee; S C Lim

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2019.07.013

Dental implant and fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Dec;48(12):1594-1596. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.07.013. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Authors

D H Lee¹, T M Yoon¹, J K Lee¹, S C Lim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31416680
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.07.013

Abstract

Dental migration into the ethmoid sinus is extremely rare. Furthermore, it is very unusual that a displaced dental implant is associated with a concomitant fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus. Herein, we report an unusual case of the coexistence of a dental implant and fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus. It appears that this condition has not been reported previously.

Keywords: dental implants; displacement; endoscopy; ethmoid sinus; mycetoma.

MeSH terms

Dental Implants*
Endoscopy
Ethmoid Sinus*
Fungi
Maxillary Sinus

Substances

Dental Implants