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Brazilian Journal of Clinical Medicine and Review

Health Review

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2024): July/September - 2024

Anatomic Explanation for the Presence of Foreign Bodies in Natural Orifices

DOI
https://doi.org/10.52600/2965-0968.bjcmr.2024.2.3.29-38
Submitted
December 14, 2023
Published
2024-01-30

Abstract

Foreign bodies are very common in the Emergency Department worldwide and expend a lot of time of medical staff to extract them. A plenty of these situations are accidental or involuntary, while others are intentional, depending on the patient's age. The anatomical location associated with the sort of foreign body determines the type of symptoms and complications resulting even as the procedure required for its extraction. The present study aims to explain, based on anatomical knowledge, the occurrence of accidents and incidents with foreign bodies in the aero-digestive tract, external auditory canal, nasal cavities, and eyes.

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