| Literature DB >> 23119881 |
Sunil Kumar Saxena1, S Gopalakrishnan, D Ravi.
Abstract
Foreign bodies are comonly seen in upper acrodigestive tract but these are lodge very infrequently in masopharywr.various types of foreign bodies like leech whitsle wood piece marble coin etc. have beenremoved from the masopharywr.It is unusual for a foreign body to get impacted in adcnoid tissue of the masopharywr. This article highlights one such rare incidence where a button was impacted in the adenoid mass, which could be retrived only after adenoidectomy.Keywords: Impacted foreign body; button; nasopharynx
Year: 2002 PMID: 23119881 PMCID: PMC3450542 DOI: 10.1007/BF02968739
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ISSN: 2231-3796