Abstract
Inhalation of foreign body is a serious event. A very small proportion of foreign bodies get impacted in the larnyx. Any [foreign body in the larynx presents usually as a respiratory (emergency, when urgent recognition is required to prevent disaster. Two cases of fish bone impacted in the larynx, one in anteroposterior and another in coronal disposition are presented here along with a brief review of literature.
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