Corpus alienum on hard palate - An unusual "misdiagnosis" of foreign body: A case report

Nitesh Tewari; Neerja Singh; Subash Singh; Naina Agarwal; Narendra Kumar Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.020

Corpus alienum on hard palate - An unusual "misdiagnosis" of foreign body: A case report

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Dec;79(12):2463-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.020. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

Authors

Nitesh Tewari¹, Neerja Singh², Subash Singh², Naina Agarwal², Narendra Kumar Gupta³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: dr.nitesht@gmail.com.
² Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.
³ Department of Prosthodontics, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.

PMID: 26545792
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.020

Abstract

Corpus alienum or foreign body on hard palate is a rare presentation and often associated with a scare secondary to misdiagnosis. The potential dangers of respiratory obstruction, mucosal tear, nasopharyngeal inflammation and gastro-intestinal bleeding make these non-invasive foreign bodies, life threatening. A case report of a three year old girl with a 2.5cm×2cm plastic sticker lodged on hard palate for four months and misdiagnosed as salivary gland tumor has been reported along with a literature review.

Keywords: Corpus alienum; Foreign body; Gossypiboma; Misdiagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
Humans
Palate, Hard*
Salivary Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*