Migration of a Swallowed Blunt Foreign Body to the Neck

Migration of a Swallowed Blunt Foreign Body to the Neck

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common problem in the otolaryngology practice. Reports of extraluminal migration of the foreign bodies from the upper aerodigestive tract are rare. Penetration and extraluminal migration of ingested foreign bodies may cause severe vascular and suppurative complications, even death. We report a 4-year-old girl who presented with a mass and partial extrusion of a ...

Swallowed foreign body.

Perforation of intestine by swallowed foreign body.

Appendicitis is the commonest source of pain and tenderness in the right iliac fossa, but there are other conditions which may bear such a close resemblance to appendicitis that the correct diagnosis can only be made by exploratory laparotomy. One atypical condition is that of a foreign body lodged in the ileo-caecal region. The ingestion of sharp, indigestible substances is not an uncommon hap...

The So-Called "Swallowed" Foreign Body

When a patient comes to us with the history of having swallowed a foreign body, we naturally take it for granted that the body has passed into the food passage; and frequently it does so. In some cases, however, it does not get into the alimentary tract at all but passes into the other neighbouring passage, viz., the aii' passage?and most often into the right bronchus?the shorter and wider of t...

The swallowed foreign body: is it in the nasopharynx?

Children with a history of a suspected swallowed radio-opaque foreign body should undergo radiographic examination of the nasopharynx even in the absence of symptoms and signs. Failure to identify and remove an object at this site can result in potentially fatal consequences.