Hypopharyngeal penetration and soft tissue injury after accident swallowing of sharp foreign body : A case report.

Abstract

A case of 40-year old carpenter was reported because of accidental swallowing of a pin. It was obviously seen at the left side of the neck on plain film, but not by indirect laryngoscopy. With direct laryngoscopy and rigid esophagoscopy, 0.3 cm. abrasion a left pyriform sinus was found. The pin was persistently demonstrated by fluoroscopy in soft tissue of the left side of the neck. The patient was operated and the pin was removed
successfully. The he was discharged home by 10 days.