title: Neck abscess secondary to perforation and complete extraluminal migration of a pharyngeal foreign body (wire): a case report.
abstract: Only a small number of ingested foreign bodies perforate the food passage and even a smaller fraction migrate extraluminally. This report describes a 15-year-old male patient who developed neck abscess due to perforation and complete extraluminal migration of a pharyngeal foreign body (wire). The wire was removed by surgical exploration of the neck, while the lumen of the upper food and air passages were normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed