missed pharyngeal foreign body in an infant that persisted for 50 days:a rare case

Missed Pharyngeal Foreign Body in an Infant that Persisted for 50 days:A Rare Case

Missed Pharyngeal Foreign Body in an Infant that Persisted for 50 days:A Rare Case

In this case report we present a rare case of a longstanding undetected foreign body in the pharynx. A 10-month-old girl presented with a history of vomiting and drooling. This complaint had first been noticed 50 days previously. It was noted that she had been diagnosed with upper respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infections several times during the previous 50 days and that symptomatic tre...

An Unusual Case of Foreign Body Aspiration in an Infant

Inhalation of foreign body is a serious condition in childhood and may result in acute respiratory distress, lung injury or death. A nine month old baby with history of severe respiratory distress, cyanosis and gasping breathing diagnosed as foreign body aspiration due to a balloon which was recovered post mortem during the removal of the endotracheal tube.

Appendiceal foreign body in an infant

RATIONALE FOR THIS CASE REPORT Many children are hospitalized because of foreign body ingestion. In such circumstances, the gastroenterologist must consider the timing of ingestion; the size, type, and location of the object ingested; and the patient's symptoms. But appendiceal foreign body in infant is very rare. PATIENT CONCERNS A 12-month-old boy visited because of swallowing small objects...

An easily missed foreign body in the respiratory passages.

A case is described of a 22-year-old man who had inhaled a piece of shattered windscreen glass following a road traffic accident. The indications for bronchoscopy are discussed and the literature reviewed.

An Organic Intravesical Foreign Body Caused by Penetrating Trauma that was Missed during Initial Management

We report a case of an intravesical foreign body that was incompletely removed endoscopically and that defied diagnosis with current diagnostic tools. A 65-year-old man visited Korea University Anam Hospital complaining of dysuria and a sensation of residual urine. His medical history included an intravesical foreign body caused by penetrating trauma, and he had undergone endoscopic removal of ...