Unusual foreign body in the larynx: a bee

Year 2015, Volume: 25 Issue: 4, 237 - 239, 25.09.2015

Ethem İlhan Handan Yaman Burhan Dost Gökçe Akman Köse Hüseyin Yaman

Abstract

Foreign body lodgement in the larynx is a rare situation. Our review of the literature revealed no living foreign body in larynx except for laryngeal leeches and anisakiasis. In this article, we report a patient with unusual laryngeal foreign body lodgement: a bee which presented with sudden odynophagia and stinging sensation in throat. The bee was detected on the laryngeal mucosa in indirect laryngoscopic examination and removed immediately under general anesthesia in apneic period. In this case report, we describe the importance of detailed anamnesis and laryngeal examination even if the patient has no severe symptoms.

Keywords

Bee, laryngoscopy, larynx, living foreign body, odynophagia, stinging sensation

Larenkste olağandışı yabancı cisim: Bir arı

Abstract

Larenkste yabancı cisim yerleşimi nadir bir durumdur. Literatür incelememizde larenkste larengeal sülük ve anisakiasis dışında canlı yabancı cisim görülmedi. Bu yazıda, olağandışı larengeal yabancı cisim yerleşimi olan bir hasta sunuldu: boğazda ani odinofaji ve batma hissiyle ortaya çıkan bir arı. Arı indirekt larengoskopik muayenede larengeal mukozada tespit edildi ve apneik dönemde genel anestezi altında hemen çıkartıldı. Bu olgu sunumunda, hastada ciddi semptomlar olmasa bile ayrıntılı öykü ve larengeal muayenenin önemi açıklandı

Keywords

Arı, larengoskopi, larenks, canlı yabancı cisim, odinofaji, batma hissi

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