*Departments of Radiology (60 MDOS); David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA 94535. † Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799 Reprint & Copyright © by Association of Military Surgeons of U.S., 2009. A computed tomography (CT) angiogram of the craniocervical vessels (fig. 1) demonstrated a meta...

A 70 year-old man, with a 7-year tracheotomy because of a laryngeal tumor, had an accident during daily canulla cleansing procedure, aspirating a piece of the cleaning brush. Chest radiograph showed metallic foreign body at the right inferior bronchus. Rigid bronchoscopy was performed under general anesthesia, with no resistance in passing the tube through the glottis. The foreign body was easi...

INTRODUCTION Although inspirated or ingested foreign bodies constitute a common otolaryngologic emergency, the removal of a solitary retained foreign body from the neck has seldom been described in the literature. The ingestion of foreign bodies commonly results in perforated viscose or extraluminal migration to adjacent structures quite a long period of time after the fact. To the best of our ...

A 10-month-old male baby presented with irritability and inconsolable cry for last two weeks which increased on touching the chest. There was no history of fever, respiratory symptoms, or any accident. On examination, an indurated tender nodule over right lower chest was present. Chest x-rays showed a metallic foreign body at right lower chest extending from skin to pleural cavity (Fig.1A,1B). ...