Transient ischaemic attack caused by an ingested stingray barb.
A 76-year-old woman reported a fishbone stuck in her throat, but no foreign body was identified. Eight weeks later, she experienced a transient ischaemic attack, and a stingray barb was subsequently removed from the right common carotid artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the migration of an ingested stingray barb.
Gan
Desmond C C
DC
Department of Vascular Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. desmondgan@gmail.com
Huilgol
Ravi L
RL
Westcott
Mark J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004435:Eating; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012860:Skates, Fish