Migrating ingested foreign body of the upper aerodigestive tract with resultant septic shock: case report and literature review
SQUMJ-Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2013; 13 (4): 606-610
in En
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ABSTRACT
Complications due to foreign body ingestion are rare; however, if present, these can cause significant morbidity to the patient. An overlooked ingested foreign body could present as an emergency and may prove fatal. We present a case of an accidentally ingested foreign body with delayed presentation, which migrated to the neck and produced a cervical abscess presenting as septic shock. The patient required prompt stabilisation followed by surgical intervention. The patient's vital signs returned to normal on the second post-operative day, and he was discharged the following day
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IMEMR
Main subject:
Shock, Septic
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X-Rays
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Review Literature as Topic
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Foreign-Body Migration
Type of study:
Case_reports
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Sultan Qaboos Univ. Med. J.
Year:
2013