Accidental entry of fish into throat while bathing in a pond

Abstract

While fish bones are common foreign bodies in the throat, a whole live fish in the pharynx is very rare. We report a case where a whole fish accidentally entered the throat of a 52-year-old male, where it became lodged causing throat pain and dysphagia. The fish was removed as an emergency procedure. © 2013 Pradipta Kumar Parida and Gopalakrishnan Surianarayanan.