Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report
Background: Fish bone ingestion causing esophageal perforation and retropharyngeal migration is a rare problem presenting to a spine surgeon. Case: A 58-year-old female presented with complaints of odynophagia following ingestion of fish. Rigid laryngoscopy and esophageal endoscopy showed esophageal...
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| author | Praveen R. Iyer Karthik Ramachandran Sham Sundar Y Ajoy Prasad Shetty Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran |
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| description | Background: Fish bone ingestion causing esophageal perforation and retropharyngeal migration is a rare problem presenting to a spine surgeon. Case: A 58-year-old female presented with complaints of odynophagia following ingestion of fish. Rigid laryngoscopy and esophageal endoscopy showed esophageal bulging without any luminal foreign body. X-ray and computed tomography of the neck showed retropharyngeal migration and impaction of the fish bone inside the right foramen transversarium of C3 vertebra. Fish bone was extracted under intra-operative CT navigation through an anterior cervical approach. Conclusion: This report highlights the importance of CT in localizing a migrating retropharyngeal foreign body and navigation aiding in its removal. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a0ee50fec074e9ebd6edbcb4d3b85df2025-08-26T04:14:45ZengElsevierJournal of Orthopaedic Reports2773-157X2025-08-014210061310.1016/j.jorep.2025.100613Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case reportPraveen R. Iyer0Karthik Ramachandran1Sham Sundar Y2Ajoy Prasad Shetty3Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran4Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, IndiaDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, IndiaDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, IndiaCorresponding author. Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641043, India.; Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, IndiaDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, IndiaBackground: Fish bone ingestion causing esophageal perforation and retropharyngeal migration is a rare problem presenting to a spine surgeon. Case: A 58-year-old female presented with complaints of odynophagia following ingestion of fish. Rigid laryngoscopy and esophageal endoscopy showed esophageal bulging without any luminal foreign body. X-ray and computed tomography of the neck showed retropharyngeal migration and impaction of the fish bone inside the right foramen transversarium of C3 vertebra. Fish bone was extracted under intra-operative CT navigation through an anterior cervical approach. Conclusion: This report highlights the importance of CT in localizing a migrating retropharyngeal foreign body and navigation aiding in its removal.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773157X25000657Navigation guidedFish boneRetropharyngealForamen transversarium |
| spellingShingle | Praveen R. Iyer Karthik Ramachandran Sham Sundar Y Ajoy Prasad Shetty Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report Journal of Orthopaedic Reports Navigation guided Fish bone Retropharyngeal Foramen transversarium |
| title | Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report |
| title_full | Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report |
| title_fullStr | Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report |
| title_short | Navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium - A case report |
| title_sort | navigation guided removal of a retropharyngeal migrated fish bone into the foramen transversarium a case report |
| topic | Navigation guided Fish bone Retropharyngeal Foramen transversarium |
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