Introduction:Foreign body aspiration is usually a serious condition that is most common among the pediatric population, and rare in adults. In adults, aspiration may be tolerated for a long time.Case Reports:Our first case is a 38-year-old man who presented with a 2-day history of swallowing a foreign body. He was completely asymptomatic. Chest X-ray revealed the presence of 5-cm foreign object...

foreign body aspiration is unusual in adults, except those who are debilitated or have neuropsychiatric disorders. it can be a life-threatening situation and it often requires a high index of suspicion, because the diagnosis can be obscure. prompt diagnosis and intervention through foreign body retrieval are critical to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. we present a case of denture a...

Esophageal foreign bodies (FBs) are common and can be the serious cause of morbidity and mortality in children. One-third of FBs, retained in the gastrointestinal tract, are found in the esophagus. Their management depends on the anatomical location, shape, size, and the duration of impaction. In children, unwitnessed esophageal FBs can present with respiratory symptoms such as stridor. Therefo...

A case report of an ingested fish bone migrating to the subcutaneous tissue in the neck is presented. During its course of migration there was no significant morbidity. The usual management is to locate the foreign body and remove it. A review of the literature indicates that this is evidently a rare case.

This is the report of an unusual foreign body in the rectum which was a complication of the migration of an esophageal Celestin's prosthesis.

A 24 years-old man was referred to our hospital due to the insertion of 3 pieces of 12×6mm discshaped acrylic beads together with J shaped bougie into the urethra. Bougie was used to push beads into the urethra (Figure 1, 2). In order to maintain the urinary flow, urethral catheter was inserted at previous hospital (Figure 3). Bougie was removed easily together with urethral catheter but beads ...

A 19 year-old man was presented to us in a state of respiratory distress with history of alleged accidentally swallowed the live fish. Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope showed a big live fish impacted in the laryngopharynx. Attempts to remove the fish orally were futile as the fish was impacted. We resorted to tracheostomy under local anaesthesia, followed by direct laryngoscopy and removal of ...

Ingestion of foreign bodies consist a quite common problem in the pediatric age group. Usually most of them traverse the gastrointestinal tract without complications and only in rare cases they get trapped within the appendix. This case report describes the ingestion of the tip of a mercury thermometer by a six-year-old girl. An elective appendicectomy was performed in order to avoid further co...

The presence of an esophageal foreign body (EFB) is a medical emergency requiring urgent evaluation and treatment. Swallowing of foreign bodies is most common in children aged between 6 months and 6 years, in whom it usually occurs during games. In adults, foreign bodies tend to be ingested accidentally together with food. The authors report an unusual case of EFB (a table fork) in an adult and...