Difficult & Challenging Foreign Bodies In ENT Practice

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Abstract

Objectives: To highlight the incidence of unusual and difficult foreign bodies in ENT.

Material & Methods: Eleven cases of different natures of foreign bodies in the ear, nose, and throat were collected in the ENT Department DHQ Teaching Hospital and Bacha Khan Medical Complex Swabi in 2015 & 2016. In children, foreign bodies, ears, nose, and throat are common incidents, but in adults, it was found to be accidental or the individual had some behavioral abnormalities.

Results: Eleven cases of foreign bodies in different nations and throats were collected. A 1 ½-year-old child presented in dire emergency with a China door lock stuck in the oral cavity and Oropharynx. Two adults with recurrent foreign bodies in the nose and ear had behavioral problems. Two adult cases had retained splints in the nose. While a child had retained a button battery in the nose, presenting with complications. Another boy had accidentally retained a foreign body in the sub-mental region with discharge sines. Two cases of leech in the nose were initially undiagnosed. A foreign body on the hard palate in an adult lady was misdiagnosed, while another adult male presented with a regurgitated foreign body in the nasopharynx.

Conclusion: In the case of a foreign body in the nose, ear, or throat, proper history and thorough clinical examination are mandatory.