American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 75-76 , January 2011

A prolonged buried fish bone mimicking Ludwig angina

  • Chao-Lan Hsu, MD
    • ,
  • Cheng-Wei Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, En Chu Kong Hospital, 399 Fushing Rd., San-shia Town, Taipei Hsien 237, Taiwan.

Received 16 July 2009

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00208-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.09.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 75-76 , January 2011

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