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01-04-2017 | Clinical Conundrum
Dysphagia After Eating Raw Fish
Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 2/2017
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A 45-year-old woman visited emergency department. Her chief complain was swallowing difficulty for 3 days. The patient reported that swallowing difficulty occurred a day after having consumed several raw brackish fish, mullet, and had been getting worse for 3 days. A flexible nasopharyngoscopic examination of the pharynx and larynx was done (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
a Flexible endoscopic view of laryngeal parasite before removal. Black arrow indicates the parasite attached on the left arytenoid mucosa. The black lines of parasite are ceca. b After removal, the arytenoid mucosa was torn, but the hemorrhage was minimal. White arrow indicates the attached site of oral sucker
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