title: Penetrating oesophageal foreign bodies in the thyroid gland.
abstract: Oesophageal penetration and migration of oesophageal foreign bodies into the thyroid gland is extremely rare with only occasional case reports appearing in the medical literature over the years. This is a retrospective review of four patients who were managed for penetrating oesophageal foreign bodies in the thyroid gland over an 11-year period. The clinical, radiological and intra-operative findings of the four cases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*