AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Nov-Dec;18(10):1949-50.

Self-induced ethmoidectomy from rhinotillexomania.

Caruso RD, Sherry RG, Rosenbaum AE, Joy SE, Chang JK, Sanford DM.

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Department of Radiology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, 13210, USA.

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A 53-year-old woman with a long history of compulsive nose picking (rhinotillexomania) presented with a large, self-inflicted nasal septal perforation and right-sided penetration of the ethmoidal sinus, or "ethmoidectomy."

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