A Case Report of Migrating Fish Bone to the Thyroid Gland
Author(s) -
Abdulber Fakoury Mouhannad,
Abdulbaki Hasan Said,
Darraj Eyad,
Almohammad Alsalem Fateh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dubai medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2571-726X
DOI - 10.1159/000508534
Subject(s) - case report
Fish bone as a foreign body in the throat is common and frequently seen in emergency departments. In most cases, the bone is stuck in the tonsils or oropharynx, some go further to the laryngopharynx, and in rare cases they may go furthest. The authors report a rare case of a fish bone that migrated to the thyroid gland.
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