부산대학교 도서관

We report a rare case of a foreign body in the left palatine tonsil. A 25-year-old female presented with a sore throat and pain on swallowing after eating deep fried shrimps. She underwent a medical examination at a clinic the next day and removal of a foreign body was attempted but failed. Since the sore throat persisted, she visited another clinic. However, the presence of a foreign body could not be confirmed, so she was referred to our hospital. We could not find any foreign body by inspection and endoscopic examination but could feel a hard object under the left palatine tonsil mucosa. Computed tomography revealed that a foreign body existed in the left palatine tonsil. We performed tonsillectomy and were able to find a small process resembling a saw, called a rostrum, in the left palatine tonsil. Because the rostrum had many spikes like barbs, removal of the foreign body was difficult.