Pai, Keshav and Pillai, Suresh and Bhandarkar, Ajay M and Anand, Aishwarya and Sabhahit, Harshita (2013) Migrating Ingested Foreign Body of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract with Resultant Septic Shock Case report and literature review. SQU Medical Journal, 13 (4). pp. 606-610.

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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.

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