The Migration of a Fish Bone into Posterior Cervical Space Volume 7 - Issue 1

Nguyen Nguyen¹*, Thanh Thai Le¹, Duy Huy Nguyen³, Thi My Duong¹ and Kyu Sung Kim²

• ¹Department of Otolaryngology, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Vietnam
• ²Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Korea
• ³Department of Otolaryngology, Hue City Hospital, Vietnam

Received:June 26, 2021;   Published:July 07, 2021

Corresponding author: Nguyen Nguyen, Department of Otolaryngology, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Vietnam

DOI: 10.32474/SJO.2021.07.000254

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Abstract

Esophageal foreign bodies are commonly encountered in otolaryngology clinic. The most common esophageal foreign bodies are fish bones which are encountered in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam. The rare complication due to the ingested foreign body is its migration to the deep neck space and the formation of cervical abscess. This case depicts a patient with a fish bone in the esophagus that migrated extraluminally into the posterior cervical space. Moreover, the difficulties in removing the foreign body as well as the management of esophageal perforation are described in detail.

Keywords:Fish bone; Esophageal perforation; Migration; Posterior cervical space

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