Transient ischaemic attack caused by an ingested stingray barb

Desmond C C Gan; Ravi L. Huilgol; Mark J. Westcott

Transient ischaemic attack caused by an ingested stingray barb

Desmond C C Gan^*, Ravi L. Huilgol, Mark J. Westcott

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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

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Abstract

A 76-year-old woman reported a fishbone stuck in her throat, but no foreign body was identified. Eight weeks later, she experienced a transient ischaemic attack, and a stingray barb was subsequently removed from the right common carotid artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the migration of an ingested stingray barb.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	668-669
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	189
Issue number	11-12
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2008

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Transient ischaemic attack caused by an ingested stingray barb

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