a 48 year old man presented to our outpatient department with the history of absolute dysphagia, and fever for two days. on examination patient was febrile with drooling of saliva. oropharynx was minimally congested. indirect laryngoscopy revealed odematous epiglottis with pus pointing over the lingual surface. radiography of soft tissue, neck lateral view, showed the thumb sign which suggested...

Chronically embedded foreign bodies can lead to perforations, mediastinitis, and abscess, amongst a host of other complications. A 20-year-old mentally challenged female presented with "something stuck in her throat," severe dysphagia, and recurrent vomiting. Initial imaging was unremarkable; however, subsequent imaging and esophagogastroduodenoscopy two weeks later revealed an embedded pork bo...

Case description- A 6 month old common mynah (Acridotheres tristis) of unknown sex, weighing 200 g, was referred to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Ferdowsi University. The mynah had history of swallowing a foreign body for one day. Clinical findings- Circular-like radiopaque foreign body was seen from thoracic inlet to distal end of the celomic cavity in the lateral and ventrodorsal radiograph...

We report a very unusual case of foreign body (FB) in the tracheo-bronchial tract of a male child, who presented to us in the Emergency Department at our tertiary care centre with the complaint of FB in throat, cough bouts and choking sensation with pain and difficulty in breathing for whom an emergency rigid endoscopy was carried out after appropriate investigations.

Eagle's syndrome represents a symptomatic styloid process elongation or calcification of stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament. The symptoms include the throat pain radiating to ipsilateral ear or foreign body sensation in the pharynx causing odynophagia and dysphagia. It is commonly unilateral and bilateral cases are rare. We report a case of bilateral elongation of styloid processes treated ...

introduction foreign body aspiration is common especially in children. the absence of history of choking does not rule out the diagnosis. diagnosis required high index of suspicion. case presentation undiagnosed foreign body aspiration mostly occurs in bronchial airway rather than larynx and can cause severe complications. in this article, we report a silent laryngeal foreign body aspiration to...