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An Unusual and Neglected Foreign Body in the Ethmoid Sinus

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We report a case of 7 years old male who was referred from Eye OPD with chronic discharge from right periorbita near inner canthus with suspected foreign body after 3 months of injury.

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  1. Department of ENT&HNS, Government Medical College Jammu, Jammu, India

    Sumeet Mahajan, Naveed Gul, Ashwani Kumar, Kamal Kishore & Parmod Kalsotra

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    Sumeet Mahajan

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Mahajan, S., Gul, N., Kumar, A. et al. An Unusual and Neglected Foreign Body in the Ethmoid Sinus. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 3), 2044–2046 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1461-x

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