TY  - JOUR
T1  - UNusual presentation of nasal foreign bodies in children
AU  - Katz HP, Katz JR, Bernstein M, Marcin J
Y1  - 1979/04/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03290400056026
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1496
EP  - 1496
VL  - 241
IS  - 14
N2  - NASAL foreign bodies have been of interest to otolaryngologists, dentists, and pediatricians for many years. There is little doubt about the diagnosis when the classic clinical picture of a unilateral, purulent, fetid rhinorrhea is present; however, the diagnosis is still being missed by physicians.1 In the atypical case, however, the literature does not mention, to our knowledge, the extremes to which the malodorous component of the symptom complex can serve to confound the clinician and plague the patient by overpowering other complaints. We have recently seen three such cases in which the chief parental complaint was of their child's bad body odor. Since, to our knowledge, this symptom has not been heretofore associated with nasal foreign bodies, it is our purpose to call attention to this potentially helpful diagnostic clue.Report of Cases 
    Case 1.— 
    At age 4 1/2 years, a boy had a one-year history of "strong and
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290400056026
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290400056026
ER  -