Presentation
Foreign body?
Patient Data
Age: Child
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - fish bone
Download
Info

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
Download
Info

This second x-ray taken a few hours later demonstrates an increase in prevertebral tissue thickening.
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - fish bone
Download
Info

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.