title: Migrating Ingested Foreign Body of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract with Resultant Septic Shock: Case report and literature review.
abstract: Complications due to foreign body ingestion are rare; however, if present, these can cause significant morbidity to the patient. An overlooked ingested foreign body could present as an emergency and may prove fatal. We present a case of an accidentally ingested foreign body with delayed presentation, which migrated to the neck and produced a cervical abscess presenting as septic shock. The patient required prompt stabilisation followed by surgical intervention. The patient's vital signs returned to normal on the second post-operative day, and he was discharged the following day.
authors.affiliation: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Keshav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhandarkar
authors.forename: Aishwarya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: Harshita
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabhahit
keywords: Abscess; Case Report; Foreign-Body Migration; India; Septic Shock