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case-313-fish-bone-appearing-in-NECK
Ultrasound at right neck revealed a fish bone in soft tissue, echogenic line in subcutaneous edema around the fish bone, but no vascular.
ENT endoscopy detected edema of right piriformis recess due to fish bone perforating outside from the throat.
case-313-fish-bone-appearing-in-NECK
Male patient 79 yo had foreign body on right neck (see pictures).
HISTORY
4 days before of hospitalization, during dinner with stingrays, in sneezing, a 79 yo patient took out and in some fish parts, and then feeling caught something in his throat but still eating.
Morning after he went to hospital as felt felt like a head of bone at his right neck.
ULTRASOUND
ENT ENDOSCOPY
CT SCAN
CT–Scan confirmed the fish bone in the right neck, not injured the right vessels of the neck.
The fish bone was removed out of the right neck, with 2.8 cm long of size.
Fish food is very interesting, but sometimes lead to dangerous situation like the case, specially for old patient.
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