title: An Unusual Neck Mass: Ingested Chicken Bone.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract are frequently seen in otolaryngological practice, but migration of an ingested foreign body to the neck is a very rare condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 66-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient department with a painful neck mass. She had a history of emergency department admission 4 months prior with odynophagia after eating chicken meal. A physical examination revealed a painful and hyperemic mass on the left neck. Antibiotherapy did not relieve the patient's symptoms and signs. A 3-cm linear foreign body was observed in X-ray and computed tomography scans. The symptoms of the patient were relieved after excision of the foreign body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although it is a rare situation, migration of a foreign body ingested through the aerodigestive tract to the neck should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with neck masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demirhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: İber
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yağız
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kandoğan
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: İbrahim
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Çukurova
keywords: Neck mass; chicken bone; dysphagia; foreign body; odynophagia