Open AccessSurgical treatment of delayed cervical infection and incomplete quadriplegia with fish-bone ingestion: A case report
Author(s) -
Suoyuan Li,
Ye Miao,
Liang Cheng,
Yefeng Wang,
Zhiqiang Li,
Yubo Liu,
Tianming Zou,
Jun Shen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i25.7535
Subject(s) - medicine , fish bone , surgery , ingestion , cervical spine , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology
The most commonly ingested foreign body in Asians is fish bone. The vast majority of patients have obvious symptoms and can be timely diagnosed and treated. Cases of pyogenic cervical spondylitis and diskitis with retropharyngeal and epidural abscess resulting in incomplete quadriplegia due to foreign body ingestion have been rarely reported. The absence of pharyngeal or esophageal discomfort and negative computed tomography (CT) findings of fish bone have not been reported. We report the case of an elderly female patient with delayed cervical infection and incomplete quadriplegia who had a history of fish bone ingestion.