American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 123-126 , March 2010

An unusual case of ingestion of a moth cocoon in a 14-month-old girl

  • Paul A. Tripi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKSD 5007, Cleveland, OH 44106-5007, USA. Tel.: +1 216 844 7340.
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  • Richard Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Joe B. Keiper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Invertebrate Zoology, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew W. Jones, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ornithology, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • James E. Arnold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 9 September 2008

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 Presented at the 2008 Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting in Orlando, FL.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00195-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.015

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 123-126 , March 2010

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