Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck
Oesophageal penetration and migration of foreign bodies are fairly rare occurrences. Most reported cases in the literature involve fish bones, which are eventually found in the lateral neck soft tissue or thyroid lobule. We present a case of a migrating fish bone in an elderly female which was found...
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2005-04-01
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| author | S.S. Sreetharan |
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| description | Oesophageal penetration and migration of foreign bodies are fairly rare occurrences. Most reported cases in the literature involve fish bones, which are eventually found in the lateral neck soft tissue or thyroid lobule. We present a case of a migrating fish bone in an elderly female which was found embedded in her right sternocleidomastoid muscle. The fish bone was successfully removed via neck exploration. Appropriate literature is reviewed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcf99195e9cc48d48595809cd0951e8d2022-12-22T03:35:09ZengElsevierAsian Journal of Surgery1015-95842005-04-0128213613810.1016/S1015-9584(09)60278-5Migratory Foreign Body in the NeckS.S. SreetharanOesophageal penetration and migration of foreign bodies are fairly rare occurrences. Most reported cases in the literature involve fish bones, which are eventually found in the lateral neck soft tissue or thyroid lobule. We present a case of a migrating fish bone in an elderly female which was found embedded in her right sternocleidomastoid muscle. The fish bone was successfully removed via neck exploration. Appropriate literature is reviewed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409602785fish boneforeign bodyneckoesophagus |
| spellingShingle | S.S. Sreetharan Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck Asian Journal of Surgery fish bone foreign body neck oesophagus |
| title | Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck |
| title_full | Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck |
| title_fullStr | Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck |
| title_short | Migratory Foreign Body in the Neck |
| title_sort | migratory foreign body in the neck |
| topic | fish bone foreign body neck oesophagus |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409602785 |
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