ABSTRACT

Although foreign bodies retained in the nasal cavity are not common, they can remain asymptomatic for longer periods when compared to foreign bodies retained in the other body parts. A 22-year-old male patient presented to our outpatient clinic with complaints of an unpleasant smell in the nose and difficulty breathing. Paranasal computerized tomography revealed a foreign body occupying the entire nasal cavity. The foreign body (wire) was removed in pieces using a forceps. The presence of a foreign body should be suspected in cases with unilateral purulent discharge, narrowing in the airway, unpleasant smell, halitosis, and chronic sinusitis, and the foreign body should be removed as soon as it is recognized.