Rare living hypopharyngeal foreign body

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1046-1048

  Kuehnemund, Matthias ^a   Bootz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Dyspnea; Hemoptysis; Hypopharynx; Larynx; Leech; Theromyzon tessulatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX STENOSIS; LEECH; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THEROMYZON TESSULATUM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; LEECHES; MALE;

EID: 33750341978     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20471     Document Type: Article

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