title: A rare case of a foreign body migration from the upper digestive tract to the subcutaneous neck.
abstract: Ingested foreign bodies are not unusual in Singapore. The most common of these objects are fish bones, which typically become lodged in the tonsils or in the base of the tongue. We report a rare case of an ingested fish bone that migrated from the upper digestive tract and into the soft tissues of the neck just below the skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd., Singapore. kennypang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kenny Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Yoke Teen
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013270:Stomach; D016896:Treatment Outcome