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Unilateral facial pain, nasal discharge, and halitosis

BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-083050 (Published 06 March 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:e083050
  1. Mohd Faizal bin Adna, dental officer,
  2. Mohd Rosli bin Yahya, senior consultant
  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kelantan, Malaysia
  1. Correspondence to: M Faizal bin Adna faizaladna{at}gmail.com

This man in his late 30s, who was otherwise well, presented with a five month history of episodic right facial pain, right nasal discharge, and halitosis. He had undergone an extraction of his upper right maxillary molar six months earlier. He was initially diagnosed with chronic maxillary sinusitis and received …

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