TY - JOUR
T1 - Migrating foreign body of the neck as a cause of recurrent febrile lymphadenopathy
AU - Pignataro, Lorenzo
AU - Laguardia, Margherita
AU - Esposito, Susanna
AU - Bosis, Samantha
AU - Torretta, Sara
AU - Principi, Nicola
AU - Capaccio, Pasquale
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - A 15-year-old girl was referred to our Pediatric Emergency Unit because of recurrent fever associated with a painful right laterocervical mass over the previous four months, which was unresponsive to various antimicrobial therapies. During surgery, performed to obtain a biopsy, an unexpected vegetable thin fibre, about 1.2 cm long, was found among the laterocervical lymph nodes. The patient subsequently experienced complete clinical remission and told us that about one month before the development of symptoms she had felt a punctory sensation in the floor of her mouth after she had been playing with a blade of grass between her lips.
AB - A 15-year-old girl was referred to our Pediatric Emergency Unit because of recurrent fever associated with a painful right laterocervical mass over the previous four months, which was unresponsive to various antimicrobial therapies. During surgery, performed to obtain a biopsy, an unexpected vegetable thin fibre, about 1.2 cm long, was found among the laterocervical lymph nodes. The patient subsequently experienced complete clinical remission and told us that about one month before the development of symptoms she had felt a punctory sensation in the floor of her mouth after she had been playing with a blade of grass between her lips.
KW - Cervical lymphadenopathy
KW - Foreign body
KW - Migration
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pedex.2008.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.pedex.2008.12.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:69449092776
VL - 4
SP - 169
EP - 172
JO - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
JF - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
SN - 1871-4048
IS - 4
ER -