英文摘要 |
Fish bones are the foreign bodies most frequently ingested accidentally by patients in East Asia; however a retropharyngeal abscess after swallowing a fish bone is a rare occurrence. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman who came to our Emergency Department complaining of odynophagia after ingesting a fish bone. On examination, radiography showed tiny areas of unusually high density over the C2-3 level. Computerized Tomography (CT) revealed the penetrating fish bone along with a retropharyngeal abscess. Emergency surgical intervention was then performed to drain the abscess and remove the foreign body. A CT scan can be a great help when we encounter patients with a retropharyngeal abscess due to an accidentally swallowed fish bone. |