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Etiology: - foreign bodies may lodge in any body orifice or pierce any body surface Radiology: - radiograph of foreign body Notes: - may be a cause of chronic idiopathic respiratory symptoms in children [2,3,4,5] - Lego wheel in boy's nose [2] - buttom magnet in nasal cavity [5] (image) - Christmas tree needle in child's larynx [3]

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foreign body removal foreign body sensation

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airway foreign body anorectal foreign body ear foreign body eye foreign body foreign body in mouth ingested foreign body (esophageal foreign body, coin ingestion) intestinal foreign body intracranial foreign body intravascular foreign body nasal foreign body soft tissue foreign body splinter; superficial foreign body urogenital foreign body

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trauma

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018.
  2. Fox News, August 9, 2012 Doctors remove Lego wheel from boy's nose after 3 years http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/09/doctors-remove-lego-wheel-from-boys-nose-after-3-years/
  3. Philip J, Bresnihan M, Chambers N. A Christmas tree in the larynx. Paediatr Anaesth. 2004 Dec;14(12):1016-20. PMID: 15601352
  4. Grimm L Foreign Bodies: Curious Findings Medscape. Oct 19, 2016 http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/foreign-objects
  5. Kazikdas KC, Dirik MA. Button Magnets in the Nasal Cavity N Engl J Med 2017; 377:1666. October 26, 2017 PMID: 29069553 Free full text http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1708934
  6. Grimm L Foreign Bodies in the Head, Neck, Airways, and Extremities: Curious Findings. Medscape. September 24, 2021 https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/foreign-objects-extremities-6014456