Migration of fishbone following penetration of the cervical esophagus presenting as a thyroid mass.
Fishbones are among the commonest foreign bodies lodged in the cervical esophagus. A small percentage of them will penetrate the esophageal wall and will be found either intra- or extraluminally. Migration of esophageal foreign bodies to the thyroid gland, and presentation as a mass, is extremely rare. We present such a case and review the relevant literature.
Bendet
E
E
Department of Otolaryngology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Horowitz
Z
Z
Heyman
Z
Z
Faibel
M
M
Kronenberg
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography