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Nasopharyngeal swabs are commonly performed in the medical field and have recently been used regularly for coronavirus disease 2019 diagnostic testing. Recently, a patient visited our clinic due to left facial pain, which developed immediately after receiving a nasopharyngeal swabbing and has been persistent for four months. A sinonasal endoscopic examination and paranasal (PNS) CT scan were performed to evaluate the abnormalities in the sinonasal cavity. We identified a severe septal deviation, which had come into contact with the medial mucosa of the left inferior turbinate, forming a mucosal contact point suggesting a previous trauma due to the nasopharyngeal swabbing. We suspected that blind nasopharyngeal swabbing induced mucosal damage on the previously deviated septum, causing a mucosal contact point. Additionally, we suggest that healthcare workers be educated on facial pain as one of the nasopharyngeal swab-related complications.