Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2015
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
- Tumor of the maxillary sinus
- Chronic atrophic sinusitis
- Chronic suppurative odontogenic sinusitis
- Acute purulent sinusitis
- Chronic purulent sinusitis
Correct answer
Chronic suppurative odontogenic sinusitis
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