title: Unusual foreign body in the larynx: a bee.
abstract: Foreign body lodgement in the larynx is a rare situation. Our review of the literature revealed no living foreign body in larynx except for laryngeal leeches and anisakiasis. In this article, we report a patient with unusual laryngeal foreign body lodgement: a bee which presented with sudden odynophagia and stinging sensation in throat. The bee was detected on the laryngeal mucosa in indirect laryngoscopic examination and removed immediately under general anesthesia in apneic period. In this case report, we describe the importance of detailed anamnesis and laryngeal examination even if the patient has no severe symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey. ethemilhan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ethem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: İlhan
authors.forename: Handan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dost
authors.forename: Gökçe Akman
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods; D007830:Larynx; D008875:Middle Aged