creators_name: Singh, Rakesh Kumar
creators_name: Varshney, Saurabh
creators_name: Bist, Sampan Singh
creators_name: Gupta, Nitin
creators_id: rksent5@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2008-06-02 00:33:04
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:08
metadata_visibility: show
title: A Rare Nasopharyngeal Foreign Body
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Foreign body, Nasopharynx
abstract: Nasopharynx is an exceptionally rare anatomical location for foreign body impaction. We present a rare case of nasopharyngeal foreign body (NFB) in a 7 years old child. The diagnosis was confirmed by nasal endoscopy. Immediate removal of foreign body (FB) in the nasopharynx was performed under general anesthesia. This rare situation is potentially dangerous, since its dislodgment may cause fatal airway obstruction. Therefore, in all cases with missing foreign bodies in the aerodigestive system, nasopharyngeal impaction should be kept in mind and endoscopic examination of the region should be considered
date: 2008-04-10
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 7
number: 1
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Singh, Rakesh Kumar and Varshney, Saurabh and Bist, Sampan Singh and Gupta, Nitin  (2008) A Rare Nasopharyngeal Foreign Body.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6091/1/2008-1-10.pdf