NDLI: Migrating foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract: a surgical challenge.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Shergill, Gurshinderpal Singh Nayak, Dipak Ranjan Shergill, Ankur Kaur Dora, Asheesh
Description	Author Affiliation: Shergill GS ( Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.); Nayak DR ( Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.); Dora A ( Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.); Shergill AK ( Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.)
Abstract	Migrating foreign bodies in the aerodigestive tract are uncommon but can pose serious complications. Long-standing migrating foreign bodies can exist manifesting chronic and unusual symptoms such as chronic cough, recurrent episodes of dyspnoea and fever. Adverse body reactions to foreign objects such as adhesions can cause difficulty in their diagnosis, localisation and removal. A thorough clinical and radiographical approach is of immense value in such cases. We report two difficult cases of migrated foreign bodies: a 2-year-old child with a long-standing foreign body that migrated to the upper mediastinum, and an adult patient with a fish bone that migrated to the oropharyngeal muscles. Presentations of these cases were not alike, with chronic unusual recurrent symptoms in one and typical acute symptoms in the other. The diagnosis and precise localisation of both foreign bodies was challenging, and an open approach was employed to remove them.
Volume Number	2015
e-ISSN	1757790X
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Foreign-Body Migration Surgery Mediastinum Oropharynx Animals Bone And Bones Child, Preschool Female Fishes Humans Jewelry Male Middle Aged Pharyngeal Muscles Radiography Case Reports Journal Article Multidisciplinary
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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