Patent nasopalatine duct: a diagnostic pitfall
| Authors |
|
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Journal | British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
| Volume | Issue number | 46 | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 304-305 |
| Organisations |
|
| Abstract | We describe a patient in whom the combination of excessive air in the maxillary sinus and the presence of a patent nasopalatine duct led to misdiagnosis and subsequent treatment of a non-existent oroantral perforation. When a radiograph indicates that antral involvement during removal of a maxillary molar is unlikely, and yet a routine postoperative nose-blowing test contradicts this, the possible presence of a pre-existent oronasal communication such as a patent nasopalatine duct should be considered |
| Document type | Article |
| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.04.011
(Final published version)
|
| Permalink to this page | |