Demirhan Erhan, İber Metin, Yağız Özlem, Kandoğan Tolga, Çukurova İbrahim
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Balkan Med J. 2016 Nov;33(6):695-697. doi: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.150779. Epub 2016 Nov 1.
Foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract are frequently seen in otolaryngological practice, but migration of an ingested foreign body to the neck is a very rare condition.
We present a 66-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient department with a painful neck mass. She had a history of emergency department admission 4 months prior with odynophagia after eating chicken meal. A physical examination revealed a painful and hyperemic mass on the left neck. Antibiotherapy did not relieve the patient's symptoms and signs. A 3-cm linear foreign body was observed in X-ray and computed tomography scans. The symptoms of the patient were relieved after excision of the foreign body.
Although it is a rare situation, migration of a foreign body ingested through the aerodigestive tract to the neck should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with neck masses.
上呼吸道消化道异物在耳鼻喉科临床实践中较为常见,但吞食异物迁移至颈部是一种非常罕见的情况。
我们报告一名66岁女性因颈部疼痛性肿块入住我院门诊。她4个月前因进食鸡肉餐后出现吞咽疼痛曾入住急诊科。体格检查发现左侧颈部有一个疼痛且充血的肿块。抗生素治疗未能缓解患者的症状和体征。X线和计算机断层扫描观察到一个3厘米长的线状异物。异物切除后患者症状缓解。
尽管这种情况罕见,但在对有颈部肿块的患者进行鉴别诊断时,应考虑吞食的异物通过呼吸道消化道迁移至颈部的情况。