Nasal septal perforation
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
- Trauma (i.e. nose picking, nasogastric tube placement)
- Inflammatory/infectious (i.e. sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis)
- Neoplastic causes
- Inhaled substances (i.e. cocaine)
- Medicines (i.e. fluticasone spray)
Mnemonic for causes of nasal septal defects
- Say - Saracoid
- Water - Wegener granulomatosis
- Coke - Cocaine
- Syrup - Syphilis
- Sugarwater - Surgery
- Lemonade - Leprosy
or
- Nothing - Non-Hodgkin T-cell lymphoma