Two Cases of Fish-Bone Foreign Body. Extra-pharyngeal and Extra-esophageal.

Oroesophageal Fish Bone Foreign Body

Fish bone foreign body (FFB) is the most frequent food-associated foreign body (FB) in adults, especially in Asia, versus meat in Western countries. The esophageal sphincter is the most common lodging site. Esophageal FB disease tends to occur more frequently in men than in women. The first diagnostic method is laryngoscopic examination. Because simple radiography of the neck has low sensitivit...

Unusual Presentation of Cervical Esophageal Foreign Body

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of odynophagia and neck pain after swallowing a piece of bone. Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral neck X-ray showed the foreign body. Rigid esophagoscopy under general anesthesia was performed and foreign body extracted by rigid bronchoscopy.

Clinical Characteristics of an Esophageal Fish Bone Foreign Body from Chromis notata

Damselfish Chromis notata is a small fish less than 15 cm long and it is widespread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Of all the cases of fish bone foreign body (FBFB) disease at our hospital, a damselfish FBFB was very common, and a specific part of the bone complex was involved in the majority of cases. This study was performed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of damselfish FBFB in Jeju Isla...

Extra-pulmonary oat cell carcinoma: report of two cases.

Pulmonary oat cell carcinoma was first described in 1926 and constitutes around 25% of lung malignancy.' Dugoid et al reported the first case of extrapulmonary oat cell carcinoma, without any bronchial involvement, in 1930.2 Primary extrapulmonary oat cell tumours have since been reported originating from different organs except the liver and the central nervous system. We report two cases ofpr...

Extra salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma; report of two cases