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An unusual foreign body migrating from pharynx to mediastinum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Sinha  and
J. C. Shotton
A. Sinha
Affiliation:
Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Church Street, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
J. C. Shotton*
Affiliation:
Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Church Street, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr J. C. Shotton, F.R.C.S., 6 Newlands, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0DA.
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Abstract

A case of a swallowed foreign body migrating from the pharynx into the soft tissues of the neck is presented, whose management was complicated by its undetected migration to the superior mediastinum occurring between radiological localization in the neck three days prior to exploration and its attempted removal. A median sternotomy was then required to retrieve the object. Radiological guidance with regard to the localization of a foreign body in the neck can only be relied on when performed immediately prior to surgical removal.

Keywords

Foreign bodyNeck
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 279 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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