TRACHEO-CUTANEOUS FISTULA: A RARE PRESENTATION DUE TO A FORGOTTEN RUBBER BAND IN NECK OF A YOUNG GIRL | [Journal of Ayub Medical College • 2022]

Author(s):

1. Amna Ikram: Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

2. Amna Idrees: Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

3. Somia Ilyas: Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

4. Sikandar Ali: Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

5. Muhammad Ali Sheikh Medical Complex: Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract:

The presence of foreign bodies in a chronic wound is a well-known phenomenon. The common locations are soft tissues of the wrist and neck, gastro-intestinal foreign objects, foreign objects in the ear and in the Uro-genital tract. aero digestive tract and chest. Retained foreign bodies in soft tissues become reason for formation of sinus which can be superimposed by infection. Most of foreign bodies in soft tissues remain un-detected, becoming the reason for delayed diagnosis. Some of the foreign bodies are inert and stay in the body tissues for prolonged time without causing any deleterious effect but few of them erode into surrounding tissues and cause prolonged illness. Tracheo-cutaneous fistula secondary to a foreign body in a child is rarely reported. In this case, the patient had retained foreign body in her neck for almost eight years which remained undiagnosed while being treated for various types of skin disease.

Page(s): 869-871

DOI: 10.55519/JAMC-04-9857

Published: Journal: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Year: 2022

Keywords:

foreign body , Fistula , Chronic inflammation , Rubber band , Neck sinus

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