title: Foreign body in the throat migrating through the common carotid artery.
abstract: We present a 55-year-old lady who swallowed a 3 cm pointed metal foreign body whilst eating a sardine salad. The foreign body migrated from the hypopharynx through the parapharyngeal space and traversed the common carotid artery over a period of 12 days. The foreign body was removed by exploration of the neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, King's Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Osinubi
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Osiname
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lonsdale
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butcher
mesh_terms: D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008670:Metals