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An unusual foreign body: a whole fish in the throat
1Department of ENT, Port Moresby General Hospital, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
Auris, Nasus, Larynx
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
A wide variety of foreign bodies lodging in the upper aerodigestive tract are encountered in otolaryngological practice. These are mostly associated with acute symptoms calling for prompt removal. We report a case where a whole fish was accidentally lodged in the throat of a 17-year-old boy. The patient presented with severe respiratory and swallowing difficulty. The fish was removed as an emergency procedure.