Self-Extrusion of Unknowingly Ingested Sewing Needle through the Skin of Neck - International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery

IJOHNS > Vol.2 No.5, September 2013

International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery

Volume 2, Issue 5 (September 2013)

ISSN Print: 2168-5452 ISSN Online: 2168-5460

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Self-Extrusion of Unknowingly Ingested Sewing Needle through the Skin of Neck ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2013.25040 3,507 Downloads 5,117 Views Citations

Author(s)

Digvijay Singh Rawat, Sikandar Singh, Sudhanshu Pandey, Tarun Ojha, P. C. Verma

Affiliation(s)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, India.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, India.

ABSTRACT

Foreign body ingestion is a common presentation but the extraluminal migration of a foreign body is rare. A 46-year-old man presented with protruded sharp swelling left side of neck, X-rays and CT scan of the neck showed a needle migrating from the pyriform fossa to the skin. Carotid angiography was also done to see the relations of foreign body with great vessels. Transcutaneous removal of foreign body was done under general anesthesia. The migrated foreign body was a sewing needle which patient unknowingly swallowed two days back. Migrated ingested foreign bodies from the upper digestive tract have the potential to cause life-threatening complications. Cases of spontaneous expulsion of ingested foreign bodies to the skin of the neck are quite rare.

KEYWORDS

Foreign Body; Migratory Foreign Body; Ingested Sewing Needle; Transcutaneous Extrusion of Foreign Body; Self Extrusion of Foreign Body

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Rawat, D. , Singh, S. , Pandey, S. , Ojha, T. and Verma, P. (2013) Self-Extrusion of Unknowingly Ingested Sewing Needle through the Skin of Neck. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2, 192-194. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2013.25040.

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