This brings a whole new meaning to the term nasal cavity.
After having difficulty breathing out of his right nostril for years, a man sought professional help for the concern.
Turns out the culprit was a tooth that had been growing in his nose.
The New York Post reports that in a case study from the New England Journal of Medicine, Doctors Sagar Khanna and Michael Turner discovered the ectopic tooth, and that the man had a deviated septum — a condition in which the nasal septum, the bone and cartilage that divide the nasal cavity of the nose in half, is significantly off center, or crooked, making breathing difficult, per WebMD.
Having an ectopic tooth is apparently a very rare condition, only affecting 0.1%-1% of the population.
Thankfully, the doctors were able to safely remove the tooth, which measured about 0.6 inches. After three months of recovery, the man reported that he was finally able to breath easily through both of his nostrils.