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An unusual foreign body in the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Hammerlin*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, Herts, UK
R. Kapadia
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, Herts, UK
*
ENT Department, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, Herts SGI 4AB.
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Abstract

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Abstract

A case of a needle lodged in the larynx is reported. The needle had been inhaled via an asthma inhaler.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

References

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