• Aileen McCabe, Andrew Patton, and Nigel Salter.
• Emergency Department, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
• BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jun 15; 2017.

AbstractA 23-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with a sensation of a 'fish bone' stuck in her throat after eating cod. On physical examination, while she reported an uncomfortable sensation in her throat, no airway compromise was evident. Clinical examination, including ear, nose and throat (ENT) and oropharyngeal assessment, was unremarkable. A linear opacity consistent with a fishbone was visualised on a soft tissue lateral neck X-ray anterior to the vertebral body of C4-6. One attempt to visualise the fishbone on direct laryngoscopy failed in the ED. The fishbone was later removed the next day via direct visualisation with a flexible endoscope in the operating theatre by the ENT surgical team. The patient's recovery was uneventful.© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

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