Foreign Body in Larynx

Unusual foreign body in the larynx: a bee.

Foreign body lodgement in the larynx is a rare situation. Our review of the literature revealed no living foreign body in larynx except for laryngeal leeches and anisakiasis. In this article, we report a patient with unusual laryngeal foreign body lodgement: a bee which presented with sudden odynophagia and stinging sensation in throat. The bee was detected on the laryngeal mucosa in indirect l...

A Case of Foreign Body in the Larynx

again but failed to extract the foreign body. I could feel the foreign body by passing one finger, into the gullet from the mouth. There was no children's size laryngeal forceps available. On the 14th August, 1925, I screened her myself and found the foreign body lying transversely in the larynx just above the vocal cords. On 15th August, 1925, I put her under chloroform. A gag was put into her...

Foreign bodies in the larynx and tracheo-bronchial tree.

From 1973 to 1982,40 children with respiratory distress was bronchoscoped for suspected foreign body in the trachea-bronchial tree. In 31 children, foreign bodies were found and were successfully removed. The condition appeared to be confined to the early toddler group. Six children had pulmonary complications post-operatively. There was no death. A plea is made for early diagnosis and referral...

Diagnosis of Foreign Body Aspiration in 74 Children

SUMMARY‏ Foreign body aspiration can be life treatening if it causes acute airway obstruction. For diagnosis the physician must ask for a detailed history and perform physical examination. In this research 74 cases of foreign body aspiration in children between 18 months and 16 Years old are reviewed. These patients came to E.N. T department of Shaheed Rahnemoon Hospital of Yazd for a period o...

Foreign body in the throat.