Case Report
Migratory Fish Bone in the Thyroid Gland: Case Report and Literature Review
Table 1
The clinical data, diagnosis, and examinations for reported cases.
| | Case | Year | Country | Male (M)/female (F)/age | Left (L)/right (R) | Disease of course | Length (cm) | Symptom and signs | The methods of examination | | FBS | Pain | Dysphagia | Neck mass | X-ray | US | CT | FFL | ESO |
| | 1 | 2017 | China | F (31) | L | 2 months | 2.45 | (+) | (+) | (−) | (−) | − | +/+ | − | +/− | − | | 2 [5] | 2016 | Malaysia | F (80) | L | 6 days | 4.0 | (+) | (+) | (−) | (−) | +/+ | − | +/+ | +/− | +/− | | 3 [6] | 2012 | Japan | F (56) | L | 2 months | 2.8 | (+) | (−) | (−) | (+) | − | − | +/+ | +/− | +/− | | 4 [7] | 2012 | Japan | F (69) | R | 9 months | 3.4 | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | − | +/+ | +/+ | − | − | | 5 [8, 9] | 2010 | Kuwait | F (28) | R | 3 days | / | (−) | (+) | (−) | (+) | + | / | +/+ | / | +/− | | 6 [8, 9] | 2010 | Kuwait | F (56) | L | 2 months | / | (−) | (+) | (−) | (−) | + | / | +/+ | — | +/− | | 7 [10] | 2006 | Pakistan | F (26) | R | 3 weeks | / | / | (+) | / | / | +/+ | / | +/+ | +/− | / | | 8 [11] | 2009 | Taiwan | F (50) | R | 1 month | 4.1 | (−) | (+) | (−) | (+) | +/+ | − | +/+ | +/− | − | | 9 [12] | 2005 | Japan | F (61) | L | Emergency | 2.7 | (−) | (+) | (−) | (−) | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | − | − | | 10 [13] | 2002 | Italy | F (59) | L | 5 days | 2.0 | (+) | (+) | (−) | (−) | +/− | +/+ | +/+ | − | +/− | | 11 [14] | 2000 | Malaysia | F (38) | L | / | 2.0 | (−) | (−) | (+) | (−) | +/+ | − | +/+ | − | +/− | | 12 [15] | 1999 | Singapore | F (68) | R | 4 days | 3.0 | (+) | (−) | (−) | (−) | +/+ | − | +/+ | − | +/− | | 13 [15] | 1999 | Singapore | F (65) | L | 2 weeks | 3.5 | (+) | (−) | (−) | (−) | +/+ | − | +/+ | − | − | | 14 [16, 17] | 1993, 1992 | Israel | F (38) | L | 5 days | 2.5 | / | (+) | / | (+) | +/+ | +/+ | / | +/− | / | | 15 [18] | 1993 | Singapore | F (72) | L | 1 week | 2.5 | (+) | (+) | / | / | +/+ | / | +/+ | / | + | | 16 [18] | 1993 | Singapore | F (66) | L | 3 days | 2.5 | (+) | (+) | / | / | +/− | +/+ | / | +/− | +/− | | 17 [19] | 1990 | Kuwait | F (42) | L | Emergency | 3.5 | (−) | (+) | (+) | (−) | +/+ | − | +/ | +/− | +/− | | 18 [3] | 1949 | / | F (61) | L | 3 weeks | / | / | / | / | / | +/+ | / | / | / | / |
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FBS: foreign body sensation; FFL: flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy; US: ultrasonography; ESO: esophagoscopy; /: not mentioned in the article; (+): positive; (−): negative; +/+: used/find; +/−: used/not find; −: not used.
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