Plastic foreign body in the pharynx can evade detection by computed tomography

• Main Authors: Naoya Sakamoto (Author), Shunsuke Fujii (Author), Kouji Masumoto (Author), Akira Matsuoka (Author), Satoshi Toumine (Author), Tadahiko Hara (Author), Ken Shimada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foreign body ingestion in trachea is a common occurrence in children. However, pharyngeal foreign bodies are rare. Unlike the trachea, the lumen of the pharynx is not kept patent by tracheal cartilage. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish the lumen of the pharynx from the surrounding tissues. I...