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

A Missed Nasopharyngeal Foreign Body

Nasopharyngeal foreign bodies are exteremely rare and early diagnosis and prompt removal is of paramount importance. A 31 years old woman presented with serous otitis media and nasal stiffness. After imaging and nasal endoscopy a missed chicken bone was removed from the nasopharynx. She had a previous history of foreign body ingestion with an unsuccessful esophageal endoscopy 5 years ago. Although rare, we should evaluate the whole upper aerodigestive tract in the endoscopy for foreign body swallowing.

Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of aerodigestive tract foreign bodies in the paediatric population: Part 2

Children, especially toddlers, because of their behaviour, physiology and anatomical characteristics such as oral exploration of their surroundings, have a tendency to place objects in their mouth. Therefore, ingestion or aspiration of foreign bodies (FBs) in children is a potentially life-threatening and common problem seen across the world. In this second part of our pictorial review on ingested and aspirated FBs, we focus on the paediatric population, reviewing the current literature and examining the epidemiology, clinical presentation, anatomic considerations, appropriate imaging modalities, key imaging characteristics associated with clinically relevant FBs in the emergency department (ED) and current management protocols.