Presentation
Foreign body?
Patient Data
Age: Child
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - fish bone
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The first x-ray demonstrates a linear opacity, consistent with a fish bone, that projects anterior to C5 in the prevertebral soft tissues.
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - fish bone
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This second x-ray taken a few hours later demonstrates an increase in prevertebral tissue thickening.
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - fish bone
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Yellow arrow indicates location of fish bone.
Case Discussion
Two images taken a few hours apart of a child who swallowed a fish bone. Note the increasing soft tissue swelling.