Çocuklarda Burunda Yabancı Cisimler: 132 Olgunun Değerlendirilmesi

Amaç: Burun boşluğuna yabancı cisim sokulması, çocuklarda çok yaygın bir olaydır. Bazen burun boşluğundaki yabancı

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Burun, Burun akıntısı, Çocuk, Pürülan

Nasal Foreign Bodies in Children: Assessment of 132 Cases

Objective: Insertion of a foreign body in the nasal cavitiy is a very common incident in children. It can sometimes bedifficult to detect a foreign body in the nasal cavitiy. The type of foreign body varies and extraction can sometimes bedifficult. As long as foreign bodies remain in the nasal cavity, they may cause serious complications.Material and Methods: Between April 2017 and November 2017, 132 patients with foreign bodies seen at the ENTclinic were evaluated retrospectively in terms of age, gender, complaints, clinical findings, foreign body types andcomplications.Results: 57.5% of the cases were female and 42.5% were male. The mean age was 45.9 months (SD: 25.7). Thelocation was the right nasal cavity in 86 patients (65.1%). The presenting symptom was unilateral purulant rhinorrhea in53.1% of the cases, epistaxis in 24.1% of cases and foul odor in 22.8% of cases. The main types of nasal foreign bodywere inorganic materials (83.4%). Beads were the most common inorganic substance with 26 cases (23.6%).Conclusion: A nasal foreign body is frequently seen in children, and can manifest clinically by creating nasal obstruction,unilateral purulent nasal discharge, nose bleeding, and foul odor. If nasal foreign bodies are detected late, complicationssuch as sinusitis, otitis media, rhinolitis, periorbital cellulitis, and meningitis may occur. The presence of foreign bodiesshould therefore always be considered in patients with nasal obstruction, unilateral purulent nasal discharge, epistaxis andfoul odor complaints in ENT and pediatric clinics.

Keywords:

Nasal, Nasal discharge, Children, Purulent,

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