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M L Tang1, L S Ching2, S Brito-Mutunayagam2
1Sibu Hospital, ENT, Jalan Ulu Oya 5 1/2,, Sibu, Sarawak 96000, Malaysia. meelingt2001@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
A 19 year-old man was presented to us in a state of respiratory distress with history of alleged accidentally swallowed the live fish. Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope showed a big live fish impacted in the laryngopharynx. Attempts to remove the fish orally were futile as the fish was impacted. We resorted to tracheostomy under local anaesthesia, followed by direct laryngoscopy and removal of the fish under general anaesthesia. The literature review of such rare incidence and approach to such case are discussed.
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