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A 36-year-old male patient complains of having headache, obstructed nasal breathing, purulent nasal discharge for 2 weeks. A month before, he had his right maxillary premolar filled. X-ray revealed an intense opacity of the right maxillary sinus. Diagnostic puncture revealed a large amount of thick malodorous crumbly pus. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Tumor of the maxillary sinus
  2. Chronic atrophic sinusitis
  3. Chronic suppurative odontogenic sinusitis
  4. Acute purulent sinusitis
  5. Chronic purulent sinusitis
Correct answer

Chronic suppurative odontogenic sinusitis

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