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Transient ischaemic attack caused by an ingested stingray barb
Author(s) -
Gan Desmond C C,
Huilgol Ravi L,
Westcott Mark J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02236.x
Subject(s) - vascular surgery , medicine , officer , general hospital , general surgery , art , surgery , history , cardiac surgery , archaeology
A 76-year-old woman reported a fishbone stuck in her throat, but no foreign body was identified. Eight weeks later, she experienced a transient ischaemic attack, and a stingray barb was subsequently removed from the right common carotid artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the migration of an ingested stingray barb.