title: Migrating foreign body into the common carotid artery and internal jugular vein--a rare case.
abstract: Ingested foreign bodies are a fairly common otorhinolaryngological emergencies encountered in Malaysia. The vast majority of these foreign bodies are fish bones which most commonly are impacted at the level of the cricopharynx. Rarely, however, a foreign body may migrate extraluminally and may even extrude subcutaneously. We report a rare occurrence where a fish bone not only migrated extraluminally, it was found to have migrated into the common carotid artery and the internal jugular vein and required surgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ingptang@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ing Ping
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shashinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Nair
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shoba
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rahmat
authors.forename: Shailendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shivalingam
authors.forename: Krishnan G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Gopala
authors.forename: Baharudin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khairuzzana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography