An unusual neck lump.
Oropharyngeal penetration and migration of ingested bodies into the neck is extremely rare. This is a case report of a 2-year-old boy who presented with a submental lump 1 day after swallowing a fish bone. The clinical, radiological, and intraoperative findings of the case are discussed.
Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital.
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Goh
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Balakrishnan
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D009960:Oropharynx