The Dangers of Barbecuing: An Interesting Case of a Foreign Body in the Throat

The Dangers of Barbecuing: An Interesting Case of a Foreign Body in the Throat

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Swallowing of foreign bodies (FB), and sensation of such in the throat, is a common complaint in the emergency department setting, with roughly 80,000 visits in 2010 for FB ingestion.1 Grill wire brushes are a rarely reported, accidental FB ingestion, although recent literature suggests that it iphone 13 pro max price winnipeg is more common than initially replica beach walk candle thought.2 This is a report of a female with acute onset odynophagia after a meal, with a normal laryngoscopic exam that used flexible fiberoptics.Evidence of a metallic linear density was present in the retropharynx on computed tomography imaging, most consistent with a wire from a grill wire brush.