Neck foreign body - fish bone

Case contributed by Paul Simkin
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Feeling of something stuck in the throat after eating fish.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
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A linear radio-opaque foreign body, compatible with a fish bone, is seen anterior to the epiglottis.

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