Maxillary antrolith associated with tooth root as nucleus: Report of a case

Yoshiyuki HATTORI; Taisuke SUZUKI; Nagato NATSUME; Taku KISHIMOTO; Kiyoshi KANAMORI; Kenichi KURITA

doi:10.5794/jjoms.30.1897

Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Online ISSN : 2186-1579
Print ISSN : 0021-5163
ISSN-L : 0021-5163

Maxillary antrolith associated with tooth root as nucleus: Report of a case

Yoshiyuki HATTORI, Taisuke SUZUKI, Nagato NATSUME, Taku KISHIMOTO, Kiyoshi KANAMORI, Kenichi KURITA

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Keywords: maxillary antrolith

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1984 Volume 30 Issue 12 Pages 1897-1900

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.30.1897

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Abstract

We report a case of antrolith in the left maxillary sinus, which was 15×10×7mm in size.
The calcification, found by X-ray examination, due to sinusitis, was extracted and examined by contact X-ray film, SEM and electron micro pobeX-ray analyzer and pathologically. Nucleus of the calcification was the first molarpalatal root.

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