Calcified thyroid nodule masquerading as foreign body: pitfall of lateral neck X ray
| Autor: | Niketa Chotai, Mark Lc Khoo, Shirish Johari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study business.industry Radiography Population Thyroid Nodule (medicine) Anatomy medicine.disease Lateral neck medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology medicine Radiology medicine.symptom Foreign body education business Foreign Body Ingestion Foreign Bodies |
| Zdroj: | The Laryngoscope. 119:S225-S225 |
| ISSN: | 0023-852X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/lary.21483 |
| Popis: | Accidental foreign body ingestion is one of the most common ENT emergencies. Fish bones comprise majority of ingested foreign bodies in south east asian population. Lateral neck radiography is an invaluable screening tool in assessment of patient presenting with throat discomfort following foreign body ingestion, A lateral neck X-ray can be helpful in confirming and localizing a radio-opaque foreign body when direct examination is unremarkable but can be misleading in certain cases of anatomical variations or migrated foreign bodies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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