Ingested fish bone

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Sore throat.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Linear radiopaque foreign body consistent with a fishbone is lodged within the pharynx at the level of the hyoid bone. 

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