Author(s)

Mamadou Mouctar Ramata Diallo^1*, Mamadou Aliou Diallo², Ibrahima Diallo², Oumou Amadou Diallo², Abdoulaye Sow¹, Alsény Cissé³, Sory Sacko², Alsény Camara², Sayon Kourouma², Alpha Oumar Diallo⁴, Abdoulaye Keita², Mamadou Sakoba Barry⁵

¹ENT Department, Mamou Regional Hospital, Mamou, Guinea.
²ENT Department Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
³ENT Department, Labé Regional Hospital, Labé, Guinea.
⁴Near Nose and Throat Department Ignace Deen National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
⁵General Surgery Department Ignace Deen National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.

We report a case of pharyngeal foreign body with cutaneous migration in the form of a fishbone in a 24-year-old rural resident, presented with odynophagia, dysphagia, pain and left antero-latero-cervical swelling fistulated to the skin following ingestion of a fishbone during a meal that had been evolving for 2 weeks. Vital parameters were normal, with an unremarkable psychological examination. Clinical examination revealed a left antero-latero-cervical swelling that was painful to palpation, fistulous to the skin and draining frank pus, revealing a sharp fishbone. A standard X-ray showed that the foreign body had exited the pharynx and was located in the soft tissues of the lower neck. An exploratory cervicotomy was performed, allowing extraction of a serrated fishbone. The post-operative course was favorable.

Pharyngeal Foreign Body, Migrant, Otolaryngology, Mamou Regional Hospital

Diallo, M. , Diallo, M. , Diallo, I. , Diallo, O. , Sow, A. , Cissé, A. , Sacko, S. , Camara, A. , Kourouma, S. , Diallo, A. , Keita, A. and Barry, M. (2023) Fishbone-Type Pharyngeal Foreign Body with Cutaneous Migration in the ENT Department of the Mamou Regional Hospital: A Case Report. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 12, 385-389. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2023.126041.