introduction: foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract often get lost following inappropriate attempts at removal. children may present late with localized infection, posing a challenge to the otolaryngologists in a referral set-up in diagnosing and retrieving such foreign bodies.   case report: a two-year-old boy presented with refractory purulent rhinorrhea and intermittent low-grade f...

introduction: the diagnosis of foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract is usually straightforward but sometimes it can be delayed or the location of esophageal and upper airway foreign bodies can be mistakenly interchanged.  case report: we present two interesting cases that caused diagnostic challenges which could have led to serious complications if a greater delay in diagnosis had oc...

background : foreign body aspiration is a common medical emergency among children that can lead to lethal complications especially in neglected or misdiagnosed cases. case report: this article is a report of a 15-month-old child who aspirated food materials and after chocking crisis, she presented with unspecific respiratory symptoms and treated for respiratory tract infections. after five days...

discussion this case has two unusual features. first, it is difficult for a foreign body to reach the urinary bladder in males. second, the presented case was left unattended for two whole weeks. introduction urinary bladder is the most common site for foreign body in the urinary tract. self insertion of a long object into the bladder is very difficult in males. we present a case of self-insert...

herein, we present the case of a 45-years-old woman with a foreign body (dental prosthesis) ingestion lodged in the esophagus(figure.1). the foreign body was extracted by rigid esophagoscopy after severe manipulation. in 24 hours, the patient became febrile with emphysema in the neck. laboratory data showed leukocytosis and ct scan revealed signs of esophageal perforation(figure.2). surgical ex...

a 37 - year- old man came to the hospital with a history of penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma due to gunshot wound in 10 days before. he underwent laparatomy and hepatorrhaphy in that time and right sided chest tube was inserted. chest ct scan revealed metallic foreign body in lung tissue due to bullet burst. right thoracotomy was performed and metallic foreign body extracted from lung tissue

introduction & objective: foreign body ingestion is a common and important condition that can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated properly. diagnosis is especially difficult in patients with unusual symptoms. this study was performed to determine the incidence and complications of foreign body ingestion in the patients referred to shiraz khalili hospital. materials & methods: in th...

THE migration of an intra-ocular foreign body, with or without its subsequent spontaneous extrusion from the eye, has been reported several times in the literature, though in few instances in any detail. It was first described by de Castelnau (1842), who recorded how a man sustained an injury to his right eye, followed, 3j years later, by the spontaneous extrusion through the cornea of a partic...

Foreign body reaction is a rare complication after cochlear implantation. When such complications do occur, they may be intractable and difficult to be cured with antibiotics or surgical revision that may lead to cochlear reimplantation finally. In this article, we presented a patient with foreign body reaction who recovered well after cochlear reimplantation and has been in good health through...

purpose: to evaluate cases of post-traumatic endophthalmitis in terms of risk factors. method: this chart review was performed on 67 eyes of 67 patients who were admitted to shiraz khalili hospital with a clinical impression of post-traumatic endophthalmitis following penetrating eye trauma from 2002 to 2004 serving as the case group. sixty-five patients with penetrating eye trauma but not endo...