foreign body

Etiology

• foreign bodies may lodge in any body orifice or pierce any body surface

Radiology

• radiograph of foreign body

Notes

• may be a cause of chronic idiopathic respiratory symptoms in children
  • Lego wheel in boy's nose
  • buttom magnet in nasal cavity (image)
  • Christmas tree needle in child's larynx

More general terms

• trauma

More specific terms

• airway foreign body
• anorectal foreign body
• ear foreign body
• eye foreign body
• foreign body in mouth
• ingested foreign body (esophageal foreign body, coin ingestion)
• intestinal foreign body
• intracranial foreign body
• intravascular foreign body
• nasal foreign body
• soft tissue foreign body
• splinter; superficial foreign body
• urogenital foreign body

Additional terms

• foreign body removal
• foreign body sensation