Abstract:

Although, in children, foreign body aspirations are frequently seen, in adults they are rarely seen. The aspirated foreign bodies usually settle into the nose and ear, also less frequently localization site is the oropharynx. A foreign body can cause symptoms such as dysphagia, unilateral bloody nasal discharge and respiratory disorders according to its localization. They sometimes require immediate treatment. Submucosal localizations of a foreign body is seen rarely. Although, aspirated foreign bodies are generally in small size, they can sometimes be rigid, traumatic and larger materials which are hard to aspire. In this article, the clinical condition of an adult male patient, after consumption of honey, depending on the submucosal settlement of a metal wire belonging to honey comb, is presented.Oropharyngeal foreign bodies are removed under local anesthesia with endoscopic methods in outpatient clinic conditions; also they are extracted under general anesthesia with direct laryngoscopy in difficult cases, like our patient.

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