Year: 2024 | Month: April-June | Volume: 9 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 96-99
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20240214
Living Foreign Body in the Larynx: A Rare Case Report
Shivbrat Sharma1, Rajnish Chander Sharma2, Sunil Negi3, Sapna Dhiman4, Naina Verma5
1Senior Resident Deptt. of ENT SLBSGMC & hospital Mandi at Nerchowk (H.P)
2Associate Professor Deptt. of ENT SLBSGMC & hospital Mandi at Nerchowk (H.P)
3Medical Officer Specialist (ENT) Deptt. of ENT SLBSGMC & hospital Mandi at Nerchowk (H.P)
4Senior Resident Deptt. of ENT SLBSGMC & hospital Mandi at Nerchowk (H.P)
5Assistant Professor Deptt. of ENT SLBSGMC & hospital Mandi at Nerchowk (H.P)
Corresponding Author: Dr. Shivbrat Sharma
ABSTRACT
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common incidence in young children. While living FB like maggots have been reported very frequently, Leeches are rarely reported as FBA at any age. In this case we report a 55-year-old female from rural area presented with hoarseness, dyspnoea and cough since one month, upon Indirect laryngoscopy a blackish aneurysmal like FB in the larynx was seen. A neck computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a polypoidal soft tissue like shadow with changing positions in subsequent axial cuts.
Finally, direct laryngoscopy was performed under local anaesthesia in operation theatre and a 9 cm leech was found in the larynx overlying sub glottis and glottis area which was removed immediately with the Luc’s forceps.
Keywords: Living foreign body, Larynx, Foreign body aspiration.