A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy

Diverse foreign bodies may become lodged in the aerodigestive tract, and the discovery of such foreign bodies is an expected scenario for health-care practitioners. The foreign body insertion may be accidental or deliberate, and the object may be organic or inorganic. Most accidental foreign body as...

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Main Authors:	Waleed M. Alshehri, Bandar Al-Qahtani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8361806

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spelling	doaj-01ef7afaad41473ba6b7020795a88ef72020-11-24T23:38:00ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732018-01-01201810.1155/2018/83618068361806A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during AdenotonsillectomyWaleed M. Alshehri0Bandar Al-Qahtani1Otolaryngology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh 12746, Saudi ArabiaOtolaryngology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh 12746, Saudi ArabiaDiverse foreign bodies may become lodged in the aerodigestive tract, and the discovery of such foreign bodies is an expected scenario for health-care practitioners. The foreign body insertion may be accidental or deliberate, and the object may be organic or inorganic. Most accidental foreign body aspirations occur in children, and some such cases are potential threats that go unnoticed. Very few cases of foreign bodies in the nasopharynx have been reported. Herein, we describe an unusual case in which a foreign body in a child’s nasopharynx went unnoticed for 1 year and was detected intraoperatively.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8361806
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spellingShingle	Waleed M. Alshehri Bandar Al-Qahtani A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy Case Reports in Otolaryngology
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title	A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy
title_short	A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy
title_full	A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy
title_fullStr	A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy
title_full_unstemmed	A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy
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publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Otolaryngology
issn	2090-6765 2090-6773
publishDate	2018-01-01
description	Diverse foreign bodies may become lodged in the aerodigestive tract, and the discovery of such foreign bodies is an expected scenario for health-care practitioners. The foreign body insertion may be accidental or deliberate, and the object may be organic or inorganic. Most accidental foreign body aspirations occur in children, and some such cases are potential threats that go unnoticed. Very few cases of foreign bodies in the nasopharynx have been reported. Herein, we describe an unusual case in which a foreign body in a child’s nasopharynx went unnoticed for 1 year and was detected intraoperatively.
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A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy

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