Foreign body - fishbone

Foreign body: - fishbone

Female patient who have a 4 day history of mid neck pain when swallowing either solid or liquid.Patient referedreferred symptoms initiated after eating fish.

Fishbone injury, as in this case, can produce oesophageal perforation. Complications associated with this kind of injury are paraesophageal abscess, retropharyngeal abscess and airway injury.

Foreign body: fishbone

The CT shows a hyperdense linear lesion locatedstructure (fishbone) located in the right aspect of the oesophagus that courses through the right prevertebral space, the finding is secondary to presence of fishbone injury.

There is associated with gas and small small fluid collection in the prevertebral space.

Incidentally thereAirway is not compromised.

Incidental right maxillary sinus congestion.

There is a marked widening of the prevertebral space and a dense linear structure associatedis noted within.