Presentation
Pain and dysphagia following eating fish ? fish bone impaction.
Patient Data
Age: 44 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Fish bone impaction into the pharyngeal wall
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Small linear radiodense feature is seen to the right side of the oropharyngeal wall. It is likely to represents an ingested fish bone that become lodged in the throat.
From the case:
Fish bone impaction into the pharyngeal wall
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Case Discussion
Among the foreign bodies registered in ER, fish bones that lodged within the throat represent the most common cause of perforation.
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