title: Unusual nasopharyngeal foreign body: a hooked iron rod.
abstract: Foreign bodies lodged in the nasopharynx are rare. We report a case of an unusual foreign body in the nasopharynx: a hooked iron rod. The patient was a 5-year-old girl. The foreign body had to be removed under general anesthesia. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no similar published report of a hooked iron rod in the nasopharynx.
authors: Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. evelynediom@yahoo.com
authors: Evelyne S
authors: ES
authors: Diom
authors: Raymond
authors: R
authors: Diouf
authors: El Hadji Malick
authors: el HM
authors: Diop
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D058085:Iron Compounds; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D058085:Iron Compounds