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An unusual foreign body migrating through time and tissues.
Basile N Landis1, Roland Giger
1Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland. Basile.Landis@hcuge.ch
Head & Face Medicine
|September 13, 2006
Summary
Ingested foreign bodies in children can migrate and cause delayed symptoms like cervical tumescence. Repeated swelling in children may indicate unnoticed foreign bodies, requiring thorough investigation.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Medical Case Reports
Background:
- Foreign body ingestion is common in pediatric otolaryngology.
- Ingested foreign bodies, especially fishbones, can be asymptomatic initially and present later with symptoms like fever, odynophagia, and torticollis.
- Delayed presentation is often due to unnoticed foreign bodies or their migration.
Observation:
- A case of a young girl with an unusual migrating foreign body is presented.
- The foreign body migrated through cervical tissues, causing recurrent cervical tumescence.
- Diagnosis was significantly delayed due to the unusual migration pattern.
Findings:
- Unnoticed foreign bodies can migrate within the neck.
- Recurrent cervical tumescence or abscesses in children can be a sign of migrating foreign bodies.
- This case highlights the diagnostic challenges posed by migrating foreign bodies.
Implications:
- Physicians should consider unnoticed foreign bodies in the differential diagnosis of recurrent cervical swelling in children.
- Early identification and removal of migrating foreign bodies are crucial.
- Further research into the scarce literature on migrating foreign bodies is warranted.
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