• J Med Case Rep · Jul 2012

    Entrapment of an air gun pellet between the thyroid cartilage and the lining mucosa in a patient with a penetrating neck injury: a case report.

    • Mostafa Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Keramati, Afshin Heidari, and Mohammad Kazem Olad-Ghobad.
    • Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool-e-akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran. md_mostafa_h@yahoo.com.
    • J Med Case Rep. 2012 Jul 3; 6: 184.

    UnlabelledIntroductionAir guns, either modern or traditional models, are powerful weapons that are capable of causing serious or life-threatening injuries.Case PresentationHere, we present a case of an air gun pellet injury, with the pellet trapped between the thyroid cartilage and the lining mucosa of a 58-year-old Iranian man.ConclusionEntrapment of air gun pellet between thyroid cartilage and the lining mucosa, as presented in our case, may cause diagnostic challenges through the clinical presentation of slight odynophagia.

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