Behera Sanjaya Kumar, Aparoopa Ananya, Behera Saroj Kumar, Jena Anita Manjari, Sahoo Smrutirekha, Pradhan Nisikant, Rout Elina
DHH and DDMCH Keonjhar, Keonjhar, Odisha 758001 India.
Department of dentistry, DDMCH keonjhar, Keonjhar, India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jun;77(6):2398-2400. doi: 10.1007/s12070-025-05495-4. Epub 2025 Apr 28.
Foreign bodies in Otolaryngology are common chief complain in ENT emergency. Some foreign bodies are visible and can be removed easily where as some foreign bodies are difficult to visualise requires urgent medical intervention. We present a unusual case of 13 years old male child who visited our emergency room of District head hospital with odynophagia, drooling of saliva and pain in throat. On 70 degree scopy we found multiple black carpenter ants in the hypopharynx which were removed in OT under topical anesthesia. The patient was kept in observation in day care center then discharge with conservative management.
耳鼻喉科的异物是耳鼻喉科急诊中常见的主要症状。一些异物肉眼可见且易于取出，而有些异物难以看清，需要紧急医疗干预。我们报告一例不寻常的病例，一名13岁男性儿童因吞咽疼痛、流口水和喉咙疼痛前来我们地区医院的急诊室就诊。在70度喉镜检查下，我们在下咽部发现了多只黑木工蚁，随后在局部麻醉下于手术室将其取出。患者在日间护理中心接受观察，然后经保守治疗后出院。
