Open AccessSpontaneous Expulsion of an Unusual Sharp Metallic Foreign Body: A Rare Occurrence
Author(s) -
Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/s12070-019-01648-4
Subject(s) - foreign body , medicine , head and neck surgery , otorhinolaryngology , foreign bodies , airway , foreign body aspiration , emergency department , surgery , psychiatry
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) represents a life-threatening emergency especially in children. Sharp metallic foreign bodies are of particular concern to the attending clinician, because of their potentiality to perforate the air way passages and hence causing complications. Spontaneous expulsion of airway foreign body is very rare; can be disastrous at times. Emergency retrieval is mandatory. We are reporting a rare and unusual case of sharp metallic FBA in a 12 year old boy.