Unusual Foreign Body

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.

Unusual ocular foreign body.

excised on August 20, 1948, and a piece of London Hospital sterile amniotic membrane (Morley's process-fat-free) of the same size as the raw area, was sutured into position. The appearance of the eye some four days after the operation is shown in Fig. 2, August 24, 1948, The appearance of the conjunctiva a month after operation is shown in Fig. 3, September 29, 1948. It is felt that these repre...

Unusual Retained Rectal Foreign Body

The authors report the case of a 37 year-old man, resdent in prison, that was brought to the emergency room, ith a suspected six day rectal foreign body retention, that he patient stated to be a deodorant cap. There was no elevant medical history except for prior consumption of rugs, and the guards who accompanied him denied current ossession of illicit substances. The patient reported abdomnal...

An Unusual Digestive Foreign Body

Foreign digestive bodies present unusual circumstances because they are associated with various degrees of local trauma and may lead to direct perforation or delayed local injury. Patients with foreign bodies should be evaluated upon admission for signs of impaction and perforation. While all objects impacted in the esophagus require urgent treatment, rectal foreign bodies are usually removable...

Unusual Foreign Body in Abdomen