The Rationale: A 19-year-old female presented to the Otorhinolaryngology Department.
Patient Concerns: Pain over the right side of the neck below the angle of the mandible following a fall on a pin cushion after a fight with her brother. She reported that the wound might have been caused by a sewing needle lodged in the pin cushion.
Diagnosis: X-ray soft-tissue neck lateral view revealed a radiopaque linear shadow on the right side of the neck at the level of the C1-C2 vertebrae. On contrast-enhanced computed tomography, a linear (needle-like) foreign body at the level of C1-C2 was approximately 1.6 cm deep from the skin. The internal jugular vein seemed to be compressed between the needle and vertebrae.
Treatment: Foreign body was explored and removed under general anaesthesia by an open lateral cervical approach.
Outcomes: The patient's postoperative recovery was uneventful.
Take-away Lesson: Due to early diagnosis, management, and a team of experienced surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and support staff, any morbidity or mortality was avoided.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527837 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_63_22 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
No Right Way: Removal of a Pencil Foreign Body From a Male Urethra.
Cureus
November 2024
Urology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, GBR.
Foreign body insertion into the urethra is uncommonly encountered in urology practice. Such insertion can result in a myriad of problems including bleeding, infectious sequelae, urinary retention, urethral injury or rupture, and resultant urethral stricture formation. This article describes a case in which an elderly male inserted a pencil into his urethra, which subsequently became lodged and required removal under regional anesthesia in the operating theater.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful Endoscopic Removal of an Ingested Thumbtack Stuck in the Ileocecal Valve in a Patient With a Psychiatric Disorder.
Cureus
November 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, JPN.
Foreign body ingestion is sometimes missed during the initial evaluation of a patient with a psychiatric disorder in the emergency department. This is often due to a lack of awareness regarding the need for thorough physical and diagnostic imaging examinations. Additionally, the management of ingested foreign bodies is often controversial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of the microbiome in allergic dermatitis-related otitis externa: a multi-species comparative review.
Front Vet Sci
December 2024
Department of Pathobiology Pharmacology and Zoological Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
The external ear canal, characterized by species-specific structural and physiological differences, maintains a hostile environment that prevents microbial overgrowth and foreign body entry, supported by factors such as temperature, pH, humidity, and cerumen with antimicrobial properties. This review combines several studies on the healthy ear canal's structure and physiology with a critical approach to the potential existence of an ear microbiome. We use a comparative multi-species approach to explore how allergic conditions alter the ear canal microenvironment and cerumen in different mammalian species, promoting pathogen colonization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMigrated intra-uterine device to infra-umbilical skin: a rare case report.
BMC Womens Health
December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Introduction: IUDs are effective, reversible and safe methods of contraception. The mechanism of action of IUDs as a group is inducing endometrial atrophy, apoptosis, altering tubal motility; preventing sperm permeability, fertilization, and implantation. Complications of IUD include menstrual disturbance, pelvic pain, and increased risk of ectopic pregnancy with contraceptive failure, device expulsion, uterine perforation or transmural migration with misplacement of the device.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnimal models of cochlear implant: Classification and update.
J Otol
July 2024
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cochlear implantation (CI) is currently recognized as the most effective treatment for severe to profound sensorineural deafness and is considered one of the most successful neural prostheses. Since its inception in 1961, cochlear implantation has expanded its range of applications to encompass younger newborns, older people, and individuals with unilateral hearing loss. In addition, it has improved its surgical methods to minimize the occurrence of complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!