Common Foreign Body, Unusual Site

Bhandary, Satheesh Kumar; Kolathingal, Biniyam; Bhat, Vadisha Srinivas; Srinivas, Balakrishna Padubidri

doi:10.1177/0194599811411144

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“…Lodging in the nasopharynx can occur through regurgitation following vomiting or forceful coughing. There have been cases reported, that digital manipulation in an attempt to remove the object can lead to lodging in the nasopharynx 1. It was not clear whether there was a history to suggest this in our case but it emphasises the requirement for clarifying this on history taking especially, in the paediatric population.…”

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Delayed presentation of an undiscovered nasopharyngeal foreign body

2014

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Suspected paediatric aerodigestive tract foreign body (FB) ingestion or aspiration is a commonly encountered emergency. Management may require a general anaesthetic for retrieval with bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy and oesophagoscopy, each dependent on the history and investigations of the case in question. We describe the case of a foreign body, which was missed in the nasopharynx for more than 3 years and also discuss how pressures on National Health Service (NHS) referral and follow-up patterns may have altered the time course of the eventual discovery.

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confidence: 66%