BACKGROUND Foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract are frequently seen in otolaryngological practice, but migration of an ingested foreign body to the neck is a very rare condition. CASE REPORT We present a 66-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient department with a painful neck mass. She had a history of emergency department admission 4 months prior with odynophagia after eating c...

Endoscopic examination and removal of foreign body under general anaesthesia are recommended for persistent symptomatic patient with or without significant findings on radiological examination. This report evaluates the management outcome of surgical removal of foreign body ingestion in upper gastrointestinal tract. A total of 70 cases with full documentation were reviewed retrospectively from ...

A 29-year-old African-American woman with borderline personality disorder and an extensive psychiatric history of foreign body ingestions and insertions into her skin requiring multiple surgeries presented with foreign body ingestion 1 day prior to admission. One week prior to admission, she had stabbed herself in the abdomen with a needle and had swallowed a thumbtack. Work-up was negative, an...

Introduction. Foreign body impaction (FBI) in the esophagus can be a serious condition, which can have a high mortality among children and adults, if appropriate diagnosis and treatment are not instituted urgently. 80-90% of all foreign bodies trapped in the esophagus usually pass spontaneously through the digestive tract, without any medical or surgical intervention. 10-20% of them will need a...

Foreign body ingestions are commonly seen by pediatricians and emergency room personnel. The majority of foreign bodies transit through the gastrointestinal system without any complications. Perforations are uncommon and usually involve peritonitis. We present a case of gastric perforation secondary to ingestion of a sharp metallic pin. Our patient did not demonstrate any of the classic finding...

PURPOSE To report a case of pterygium surgery with conjunctival autograft followed by focal necrotizing scleritis due to foreign body entrapment in the scleral bed. CASE REPORT/RESULTS This is a case report of a 76-years-old male patient who underwent nasal pterygium surgery and developed focal necrotizing scleritis secondary to foreign body entrapment under conjunctival autograft. One month ...

OBJECTIVE Migration of objects into the urinary tract from the digestive tract has been described. Our objective is to report the case of a patient with urosepsis and late migration of toothpick from the gastrointestinal tract into the bladder. METHODS A 78 y/o male patient with uro-sepsis and hydronephrosis was admitted. The initial suspected etiological cause was obstructive ureteral lithia...

purpose: to report tonic pupil in a patient with ocular siderosis. case report: a 12-year-old male patient presented with over-sized right pupil from two weeks before. visual acuity (va) was 10/10 in both eyes without afferent pupillary defect. anisocoria was present with the right and left pupils, measuring 5 and 3 mm in diameter, respectively. anisocoria was greater in bright light and there ...

There have been few reports concerning the endoscopic removal of impacted esophageal foreign bodies from patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of dual-channel endoscopy in managing foreign-body ingestions in patients. A total of 19 patients with foreign-body ingestions between September 2008 and July 2011 were selected from the Digestive Endoscope Center in Lis...