Abstract

Foreign body in the digestive and respiratory tract is a very common medical presentation which an otorhinolaryngologist comes across in day to day practice.Maximum chances of foreign body ingestion or aspiration are noticed in the paediatric population, followed by edentulous adults, persons under alcohol intoxication and psychiatric patients. Of all the factors, wearing removable dentures is most commonly associated with foreign bodies in adults [1, 2]. At times these could be the life threatening emergencies specially if not diagnosed and intervened early. Here we present series of 4 cases of various types of foreign bodies that we encountered in our institute which we found to be unsual and reportable. Efforts made to diagnose earlyafterdetailed history, clinical examination and appropriate radiological investigations like digital x ray of neck, chest& abdomen, HRCT chest and CT virtual bronchoscopy. After well informed consent therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy or rigid oesophagoscopy done and foreign bodywere removed sucessfully.

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