Fish bone impaction into the pharyngeal wall

Case contributed by Fakhry Mahmoud Ebouda
Diagnosis certain

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Pain and dysphagia following eating fish ? fish bone impaction.

Patient Data

Age: 44 years
Gender: Male
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Axial
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Coronal
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Sagittal
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3D reconstruction
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Small linear radiodense feature is seen to the right side of the oropharyngeal wall. It is likely to represents an ingested fish bone that become lodged in the throat.

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Case Discussion

Among the foreign bodies registered in ER, fish bones that lodged within the throat represent the most common cause of perforation.

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