title: Ingested nail penetrating the neck in an infant.
abstract: Ingested sharp foreign bodies usually lodge themselves in the pharynx unlike their more common smooth counterparts, which are found in the upper esophagus. These are very rare in infants and pose problems like delayed presentation and occasionally extraluminal migration. A very rare case of through and through penetration of neck by an ingested nail in an infant, which presented 8 months after its ingestion, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, 30/9J, Medical Campus, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India. dr_rakeshchanda@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Samar Pal Singh
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chanda
authors.forename: Premila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanda
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009333:Neck; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome