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Foreign body in the Wharton’s duct

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A case of unususl foreign body in the Wharton’s duct is reported. The patient presented with severe throat pain and odynophagia following ingestion of a paper pin which got lodged in the wharton’s duct. Surgical excision of submandibular gland and duct along with the removal of foreign body was done under general anaesthesia.

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  1. Dept. of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi

    P. K. Kalsotra, Alok Thakar & Rakesh Kumar

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Kalsotra, P.K., Thakar, A. & Kumar, R. Foreign body in the Wharton’s duct. IJO & HNS 47, 297–298 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047993

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