Ectopic upper third molar embedded in a dentigerous cyst of the maxillary sinus: a case report and literature review

Al-Ani, Raid M.; Aldelaimi, Tahrir N.; Khalil, Afrah A.; Abdulkareem, Suzan M.

doi:10.1186/s43163-024-00564-x

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 1 The reported cases of the dentigerous cyst with a third molar ectopic tooth in the maxillary sinus from January 1990 to April 2022 in the midline. CT, computerized tomography; OPG, orthopantomogram

From: Ectopic upper third molar embedded in a dentigerous cyst of the maxillary sinus: a case report and literature review

Authors	Year	Country	Age per years	Gender	Side	Presenting symptom	Radiological tool	Treatment approach
Hasbini et al. [5]	2001	Lebanon	21	Male	Left	Left-sided nasal obstruction	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
Di Pasquale and Shermetaro [1]	2006	USA	14	Female	Left	Asymptomatic	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
Srinivasa et al. [6]	2007	India	45	Male	Right	Pain, swelling, and purulent nasal discharge	CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Micozkadioglu and Erkan [7]	2007	Turkey	24	Female	Right	Headache, facial pain, and facial swelling	OPG and CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
Buyukkurt et al. [2]	2010	Turkey	19	Female	Left	Left cheek swelling	CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Buyukkurt et al. [2]	2010	Turkey	30	Male	Left	Enlarged soft swelling of the left maxilla	CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Thakur et al. [8]	2011	India	25	Male	Left	Chronic cough, recurrent nasal purulent discharge, and facial pain	OPG	Caldwell-Luc
Kasat et al. [9]	2012	India	22	Male	Right	Oral and nasal discharge	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Guruprasad et al. [6]	2013	India	21	Female	Right	Cheek swelling and purulent nasal discharge	Paranasal sinuses X-ray, OPG, and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Mamatha et al. [10]	2014	India	17	Male	Left	Offensive nasal discharge with mouth salty discharge	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Demirtas et al. [11]	2014	Turkey	19	Male	Right	Pain, discomfort, fullness in the right cheek, and blurred vision	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Muhammed et al. [12]	2015	Turkey	16	Female	Right	Painful cheek swelling	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Liau et al. [13]	2018	Australia	63	Male	Right	chronic nasal obstruction and intraoral discharge	OPG and CT scan	Endoscopically assisted modified Caldwell-Luc
Sharma and Chauhan [3]	2019	India	27	Female	Bilateral	Purulent nasal discharge and recurrent facial swelling	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Elmorsy et al. [14]	2020	Egypt	13	Female	Right	Offensive oral discharge at the upper right second molar	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
Balaji SM, Balaji P [15]	2020	India	42	Male	Right	Occasional pain in the right upper posterior tooth	OPG and CT scan	Caldwell-Luc
El-Fattah et al. [16]	2021	Egypt	43	Male	Left	Loosening of tooth	CT scan	Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc
			30	Male	left	Asymptomatic	CT scan	Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc
			35	Female	Right	Features of sinusitis	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
			39	Female	left	Proptosis	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
			25	Male	Right	Asymptomatic	CT scan	Endoscopic endonasal pre-lacrimal
			40	Female	Right	Features of sinusitis	CT scan	Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc
			33	Female	left	Asymptomatic	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
			31	Male	left	Ocular pain	CT scan	Endoscopic sinus surgery
			48	Male	Right	Features of sinusitis	CT scan	Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc
			31	Male	left	Loosening of teeth	CT scan	Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc
			28	Male	Right	Asymptomatic	CT scan	Endoscopic endonasal pre-lacrimal
Arici et al. [17]	2022	Turkey	32	Female	Bilateral	Postnasal discharge, headache, nasal obstruction, and pain in the blinking right eye	CT scan	Caldwell-Luc

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