Citation

Vele DD, Dubey SP. Auris Nasus Larynx 1997; 24(2): 207-209.

Affiliation

Department of ENT, Port Moresby General Hospital, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0385-8146(96)00009-0

PMID

9134145

Abstract

A wide variety of foreign bodies lodging in the upper aerodigestive tract are encountered in otolaryngological practice. These are mostly associated with acute symptoms calling for prompt removal. We report a case where a whole fish was accidentally lodged in the throat of a 17-year-old boy. The patient presented with severe respiratory and swallowing difficulty. The fish was removed as an emergency procedure.

Language: en