Abstract
A thyroid abscess is a rare condition, and it is so infrequently encountered. A migrated fish bone is a rare otolaryngologic emergency indicated when the foreign body penetrates through the esophageal mucosa into the thyroid gland space of the neck after several weeks of swallowing. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who had fever and anterior neck painful mass. An intrathyroid abscess was diagnosed; and she underwent thyrotomy with transcervical approach. A foreign body, which proved to be a fish bone and which fortunately did not cause any adverse effects, was removed.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 253-255 |
| Journal | American journal of otolaryngology |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Abscess/etiology
- Abscess/radiography
- Abscess/surgery
- Animals
- Bone and Bones
- Emergency Treatment/methods
- Esophagus
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Foreign Bodies/complications
- Foreign Bodies/radiography
- Foreign Bodies/surgery
- Foreign-Body Migration/radiography
- Foreign-Body Migration/surgery
- Foreign-Body Reaction/etiology
- Foreign-Body Reaction/radiography
- Foreign-Body Reaction/surgery
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Risk Assessment
- Seafood/adverse effects
- Thyroid Diseases/etiology
- Thyroid Diseases/radiography
- Thyroid Diseases/surgery
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome