Discussion of Nasal tooth
- Supernumerary tooth located in the nasal cavity.
- Clinically, an intranasal tooth may be seen as a white mass in the nasal cavity surrounded by granulation tissue and debris.
- Complications of nasal teeth include rhinitis caseosa, nasal septal perforation, aspergillosis, and naso-oral fistula.
- Removal of nasal teeth is generally advocated to alleviate the symptoms and prevent complications.
- The differential diagnosis of nasal teeth includes radiopaque foreign body, rhinolith, tuberculosis, and tumors (including hemangioma, osteoma, calcified nasal polyps, enchondroma, chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma.
 Imaging Findings for Nasal tooth
- Radiopaque lesions with the same attenuation as that of the oral teeth.
- Central radiolucency may be seen and represents the pulp cavity.
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 References for Nasal tooth
- Chen, Albert, Huang, Jon-Kway, Cheng, Sho-Jen, Sheu, Chin-Yin. Nasal Teeth: Report of Three Cases. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2002 23: 671-673.