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Ingestion of a fo reign body is a problem seen in nearly all otolaryngologic pra ctices. One of the least commo n complications of fo reign-body inges tion is penetrat ion and migration, which may lead to serious morbidity or even death. We report the findings of a retrospec tive review of a series of 5 pa tients who had presented with a complete foreign-body penetrat ion. All of them had radiologic evidence of a f oreign body, but findin gs on rigid endoscopy were negative. Comput ed tomography is the radiologic study of choice to identify penetrat ing fo reign bodies. The fo reign bodies in all 5 pati ents were extracted via an external app roach.

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