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Thyroid lobectomy for removal of a fish bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Al. Muhanna ,
K. A. Abu Chra ,
H. Dashti ,
A. Behbehani  and
N. Al-Naqeeb
A. Al. Muhanna*
Affiliation:
ENT DepartmentSabah Hospital, Kuwait.
K. A. Abu Chra
Affiliation:
ENT DepartmentSabah Hospital, Kuwait.
H. Dashti
Affiliation:
Surgical Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
A. Behbehani
Affiliation:
Surgical Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
N. Al-Naqeeb
Affiliation:
Head of Surgical Department, KCCC, Kuwait.
*
Dr A. Al-Muhanna, ENT Department, Al-Sabah Hospital, PO Box 4078 Kuwait.
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Abstract

A 42-year-old female Jordanian patient presented with a history of sudden painful dysphagia following swallowing of a fish bone. Though soft tissue X-rays showed a foreign body in the neck, repeated oesophagoscopies failed to reveal it. Computed axial tomography was done and showed a fish bone embedded in the left thyroid lobe. Left thyroid lobectomy was carried out and the fish bone was seen within the lobe surrounded by an area of acute inflammation.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 511 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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