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. 2019 May 29;3(3):301-302.
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42105. eCollection 2019 Aug.

The Dangers of Barbecuing: An Interesting Case of a Foreign Body in the Throat

Vincent R Sicari  1 , Joseph Pepe  1 , Alfonso C Cardenas Jr  1 , Christopher Zabbo  1
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The Dangers of Barbecuing: An Interesting Case of a Foreign Body in the Throat

Vincent R Sicari et al. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. .

Abstract

Swallowing of foreign bodies (FB), and sensation of such in the throat, is a common complaint in the emergency department setting, with roughly 80,000 visits in 2010 for FB ingestion.1 Grill wire brushes are a rarely reported, accidental FB ingestion, although recent literature suggests that it is more common than initially thought.2 This is a report of a female with acute onset odynophagia after a meal, with a normal laryngoscopic exam that used flexible fiberoptics. Evidence of a metallic linear density was present in the retropharynx on computed tomography imaging, most consistent with a wire from a grill wire brush.

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Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

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Image 1
Computed tomography of the neck soft tissue with intravenous contrast in axial view, showing a linear metallic density with surrounding retropharyngeal effusion (white arrow).
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Computed tomography of the neck soft tissue with intravenous contrast in sagittal (A) and coronal (B) views. A linear metallic density with surrounding retropharyngeal effusion is visible: (A) (black arrow) and (B) (white arrow).
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