Fish bone in the tongue causing lingual abscess

Erdag T. K., Ikiz A. O., Gunbay M. U., GÜNERİ E. A.

TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.46, sa.2, ss.105-108, 2008 (ESCI) identifier

  • 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.