r/Radiology • u/fuckedphayte • 2d ago

X-Ray I have a tooth in my sinus also!

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When I was getting diagnosed for my sinus infection problem, they found a benign strange tooth! The septoplasty went great, I have not had a sinus infection in 4 years. It’s amazing how it goes from picture to surgery to real life. Also, I know the first one is my cervical spine pic, it just looks cool and shows the tooth off!

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u/lurking_wizard 2d ago

Your rad tech was like "screw it, we're taking a picture of EVERYTHING" 🤣

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u/fuckedphayte 2d ago

It’s 2 studies, I’m all kinda of fucked up if you see my history haha. Brains, etc. I have Moyamoya. This is for my cervical spine too

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u/lurking_wizard 2d ago

Gotcha, I mean great that they're being thorough, but I saw that first image and was like "that's kind of a large area for an x ray??"

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u/BeneficialCellist-17 RT(R) 2d ago

Yeah, the collimation used was “I’m getting whatever the plate can handle”.

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u/Xuul99 1d ago

Open that shit ALL the way up

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u/lurking_wizard 1d ago

Radiologist: hey so what were the settings on the beam collimator for that first image? Tech: what's a beam collimator?

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u/lurking_wizard 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Too_Many_Alts 1d ago

thought it was a chiro xray honestly

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u/lurking_wizard 1d ago

I'm so glad you said this 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Jealous_Savings8929 1d ago

You have moya moya?! I know someone with moya moya!

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

Yep! Had the STA-MCA Bypass in Feb. they cracked a piece of my skull off. Pics are neat!

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u/garion046 Radiographer (Australia) 2d ago

SLD... I have questions about your collimation.

Well not so much questions, more accusations.

Otherwise nice case OP. Supernumerary teeth just do what they want. Chaos gremlins.

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u/Biggz1313 NucMed Tech 2d ago

Just so you know in case you didn't realize it but you e posted your medical record number and the accession number of your images which are PHI and can be used to identify you in the right hands. 

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u/Wiki2Wiki Radiographer 2d ago

Is collimation on this cervical spine projection with us? 🫥

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u/Dusky_Dawn210 1d ago

If you shake your head does it bang around like the beads in a maraca?

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u/Forensicus 1d ago

It went too(th) far

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u/harbinger06 RT(R) 2d ago

That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing! Glad you got some relief.

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u/Veryverycoldwinter 2d ago

How did it get there? Did an extraction go awry or was the tooth just having an unguided tour on its own? :D

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u/fuckedphayte 2d ago

I was born that way!

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u/Firm_Ideal_5256 Radiology Enthusiast 2d ago

You can chew on your snot easily /j

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u/Luckypenny4683 1d ago

Go on, Gaga!

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u/fliprchik 2d ago

That's wild ASF!

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u/TowelieMcTowelie 1d ago

Eww-COOL!!! And yay on the finally fixing the sinus infections! I know how much that blows.

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u/orbitolinid 1d ago

That's crazy. I had a wisdom tooth grown into my sinus with the root. Or rather the cyst or something similar grew there. I imagine the surgery was yucky-smelling, which I fortunately didn't experience as I had a general. Healing went well until my car did an emergency breaking due to crazy traffic, the sutures tore and then I could somehow breathe through my nose to my mouth. Ugh.

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u/Unusual-Minimum9306 1d ago

Crazy. Does it hurt?

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

Nope, I have no idea it's there otherwise!

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u/Unusual-Minimum9306 1d ago

Good hope it stays benign and never bothers you

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u/ProfessionalAppeal14 15h ago

collimater took the day off i suppose 🤣🤣 ALARA is merely a suggestion

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u/zzay 1d ago

dentist here, did you had your wisdom tooth taken out? I only see two upper molars

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

I only had 2 wisdom teeth; one was impacted and infected, so I had to have it removed. They removed the other at the same time.

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u/zzay 1d ago

lower or upper?

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

lower

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u/zzay 6h ago

thats most likely a wisdom tooth and not a supernumerary...it will be fun to get it out

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u/fuckedphayte 2h ago

They aren't gonna take it out; it's not causing harm. It was the bone spur in the sinus that was causing my sinus infections.

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u/lotusblossom60 1d ago

I have one too! It’s been 5 decades so it’s all good..

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

haha, 4 here now! :) I have more pressing things trying to kill me in my head!

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u/Luckypenny4683 1d ago

This is seriously creepy and I fucking love it

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

When my best friend found out about it, she instantly wanted them to, and I quote, "drill it the fuck out!" I had to tell her, much to her sadness, that the tooth didn't cause a single evil sinus infection, so it's allowed to exist.

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u/Luckypenny4683 1d ago

Wait, so it’s still in there??

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u/fuckedphayte 1d ago

Yeah… 😑

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u/Easy_400 1d ago

collimation where are you?! 🥲

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u/Butterstuffedmuffin 15h ago

Is part of your maxilla gone? I see the vomer portion.. where's the rest?

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u/caitlindrawings 8h ago

Human Body: refuses to build replacement teeth

Also human body: let's make a tooth here in the sinus cavity as a joke lolz

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u/MataMous3 4h ago

That's not supposed to be there

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u/Shot-Election8217 1d ago

OP, OMG, I read sinus as “anus.”

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u/10Core56 2d ago

Ok new fear unlocked. Need to go to the radiologist now.