Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Mar 2009
Case Reports[Aspiration of dental foreign body during dental visit].
We present a case of foreign body aspiration, the diagnosis of which was delayed until one and a half month after the event. Usually foreign body aspiration leads to acute symptoms, but these may be absent, especially in elderly patients, which delays and complicates diagnosis. Late complications such as pneumonia and atelectasis may be fatal, predominantly in the elderly population. Therefore, a chest x-ray should be performed on suspicion of foreign body aspiration.
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Anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome is a rare entrapment neuropathy of the deep peroneal nerve beneath the extensor retinaculum of the ankle. It may be rare because it is underrecognized clinically. ⋯ A surgical decompression of the anterior tarsal tunnel was performed, and at the check three months later the symptoms where gone. One year after, there were still no symptoms.