A Case Report of Migrating Fish Bone to the Thyroid Gland

A Case Report of Migrating Fish Bone to the Thyroid Gland

Fish bone as a foreign body in the throat is common and frequently seen in emergency departments. In most cases, the bone is stuck in the tonsils or oropharynx, some go further to the laryngopharynx, and in rare cases they may go furthest. The authors report a rare case of a fish bone that migrated...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dubai Medical Journal 2020-12, Vol.3 (4), p.143-145
Hauptverfasser: Abdulber Fakoury, Mouhannad, Abdulbaki, Hasan Said, Darraj, Eyad, Almohammad Alsalem, Fateh
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
emergency
Emergency medical services
ent
fish bone
foreign body
gastroenterology
general surgery
otolaryngology
Thyroid gland
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Zusammenfassung:Fish bone as a foreign body in the throat is common and frequently seen in emergency departments. In most cases, the bone is stuck in the tonsils or oropharynx, some go further to the laryngopharynx, and in rare cases they may go furthest. The authors report a rare case of a fish bone that migrated to the thyroid gland.
ISSN:2571-726X
2571-726X
DOI:10.1159/000508534