Presentation
Sudden onset throat pain while eating chicken. Some odynophagia but still managing to swallow food and liquids.
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Laryngeal foreign body (chicken bone)
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XR neck soft tissue - thin 10 mm opacity projecting vertically over the pyriform fossae and into the hypopharynx.
No soft tissue swelling or gas.
From the case:
Laryngeal foreign body (chicken bone)
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Suspected foreign body, arrow marked.
Case Discussion
The patient was transferred from the ED to an ENT center. At the time of flexible nasendoscopy, minor pharyngeal trauma only was detected and no foreign body was evident.
This was probably a chicken bone that was lodged, then swallowed, with no further complaint.