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KMID : 0361019810240040717
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1981 Volume.24 No. 4 p.717 ~ p.718
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A Case of foreign Body in the Nasopharynx
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박승훈/Park, Seung Hoon
김미자/윤희병/홍정애/강주원/Kim, Mi Ja/Yoon, Hee Byung/Hong, Jung Ae/Kang, Ju Won
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Abstract
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There are many reported cases about foreign bodies in air and food passages in children, but not common about the nasopharynx. It is well known that the most of the foreign bodies in food passages are lodged at, the first narrowing of the esophagus and this can be a cause of ov￢erlooking the foreign bodies in the nasopharynx.
The authors experienced recently a case of foreign body, a coin, lodged in the nasopharynx in a 6-month-old male baby and emphasized the necessity of diagnostic radiological examination must be included the nasopharynx when suspected foreign bodies, expecially in children so that it could not be overlooked.
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