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The value of radiographic assessment for oropharyngeal foreign bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. Marais ,
R. Mitchell  and
A. J. A. Wightman
J. Marais*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology. The Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, Scotland.
R. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Departments of Accident and Emergency, The Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, Scotland.
A. J. A. Wightman
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiology. The Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place. Edinburgh EH3 9EN, Scotland.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr J. Marais, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, Scotland.
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Abstract

A double-blind, controlled study to assess the accuracy of interpretation of lateral soft tissue radiographs of 60 patients with suspected foreign body impaction in the oro/hypopharynx was carried out by 18 respondents from three different specialities. All the patients had endoscopy carried out and foreign bodies were present in 25. Of these, foreign bodies were diagnosed on the radiograph in only 38.3 per cent. False-positive diagnoses were made in a mean of 26.3 per cent of those patients who did not have a foreign body.

Keywords

Foreign bodiesOropharynxRadiography
Type
Radiology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 452 - 454
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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