Removal of a fish bone endangering the common carotid artery under general anesthesia with video laryngoscope: A case report

Pulmonary artery penetration due to fish bone ingestion: A rare case report

“…In rare cases, fish bones may migrate to the cervical cavities and adjacent thyroid structures [10] . Several locations of vascular injury due to fish bones have been reported including the aorta, subclavian artery, common carotid artery, and superior vena cava [ 5 , [14] , [15] , [16] ]. The presentation of the foreign body inside vessels is believed to relate to 2 main mechanisms: the foreign body directly penetrates the vessel wall and the inflammatory process causes erosion of the adjacent vessel wall.…”