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Inhalation of a safety pin by a laryngectomized patient: a case report
D M Finkelstein1, A M Noyek, J Friedberg
1Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Journal of Otolaryngology
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
Otolaryngologists are well aware of the potentially devastating consequences of inhaling a sharp foreign body. We report here a case of a laryngectomized patient who accidentally inhaled a safety pin through his tracheal stoma under highly unusual circumstances. This proved to be a life-threatening situation which resolved only after a complicated hospital admission culminating in a thoracotomy. We use this case to suggest guidelines that otolaryngologists may wish to discuss with their laryngectomized patients with regard to stomal care.