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An unusual case of traumatic haematoma of soft palate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Peter Gray*
Affiliation:
Former Assistant Surgeon, SS ‘Canberra’, P&O Lines Ltd.
*
Dr Peter Gray, M.R.C.G.P., 21 Burgess Avenue, Kingsbury, London NW9 8TX.

Abstract

Ingestion of small bones often causes oropharyngeal trauma. I present an unusual case of a potentially lifethreatening haematoma of the soft palate caused by a chicken bone. To my knowledge, this is the only case reported in the English literature.

Type
Christmas Reflections
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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