What is a Rhinolith:: (A) Foreign body in nose, (B) Stone in nose, (C) Deposition of calcium around foreign body in nose, (D) Misnomer
Answer is C. Rhinoliths are calcareous masses which result due to deposition of salts-like calcium and magnesium carbonates and phosphates around the nucleus of a foreign body. Ref Dhingra 6/e,p 161.