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Retrieval of Migrated Embedded Sewing Machine Needle from the Tongue
T Anish Poorna1, Kavya Chandra1, E K Joshna1
1Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala India.
Abstract:
Foreign body in the oral cavity can be encountered by Head and Neck Surgeons in their clinical practice. Here, we report a rare case of an embedded sewing machine needle in the posterior tongue that migrated by tongue movements, and was retrieved successfully by surgical intervention.
