Fish bone in the tongue causing lingual abscess
TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.46, sa.2, ss.105-108, 2008 (ESCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Doi Numarası: 10.2399/tao.04.030
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-108
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Foreign body, tongue, oral cavity, abscess
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Since it is usually seen easily and removed by patients themselves, a fish bone as a foreign body in the anterior tongue rarely leads to problems. But when the fish bone is embedded totally in the tongue it might cause some difficulties. In such a situation it is not adequate to wait for its spontaneous extrusion and rapid removal is recommended for preventing complications such as a lingual abscess as in the reported case.