Prolonged Impacted Laryngeal Foreign Body

A unique presentation of laryngeal foreign body (meat bone) in a four year old girl is presented. She had prolonged impaction of meat bone in the larynx (22 days) and presented with sudden onset of hoarseness but was managed conservatively, outside, on the line of treatment of bronchial asthma. Foreign body was removed by direct laryngoscopy, under general anaesthesia, uneventfully. The presentation and management of airway foreign bodies are discussed in general.

Thorny foreign bodies of upper airway.

Twenty cases of unusual thorny foreign bodies (seeds of Xanthium strumarium) in laryngo-pharynx area are reported. The aetiopathogenesis, clinical features and management are briefly discussed.