• Indian J Otolaryngol · Jul 2005

    Foreign body in the nasopharynx of a child.

    • Arunabha Sengupta, Pinaki Saha, and Subhasish Chakrabarty.
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, S.S.K.M. Hospital and I.P.G.M.E. & R., 65 D. Swinhoe Lane, 700 042 Kolkata.
    • Indian J Otolaryngol. 2005 Jul 1; 57 (3): 248-9.

    AbstractIntroduction of foreign body into the nasal cavity of the children by themselves is very common, but lodgment of foreign body in the nasopharyux following introduction through mouth is unusual. Here a case is presented from the Otorhinolaryngology department of S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata, where a child was brought by their parents with history of introduction of a metallic foreign body in the mouth of the child by himself and this foreign body was found to be lodged in the nasopharynx of the child. The foreign body was removed orally in the out patient department. The patient returned home without any complication.

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