On Xmas eve, my daughter (aged 34) experienced a choking sensation after eating a slice of pizza. Three hours later she had a LOT of pain in her throat, so the following morning (Xmas day) attended A & E at our local (large) hospital.
They did a cursory exam, took Xrays, but declared there was nothing there.
Two weeks later, she was still in a lot of pain, attended the GP, was prescribed antibiotics for what appeared to be an infected throat…after the course of a/b’s was finished, the pain returned.
So a CT scan was scheduled last week, and lo and behold, there is ‘something’ (suspected to be either a bone or a metal shard, measuring 16mm x 2mm) stuck in the side of her throat, with new tissue growing around it. I’ve seen the pics, it is PATENTLY obvious there is something there that should not be there.
Back to the hospital yesterday with the CT results, and they booked her in for surgery this morning to remove the foreign body…but this is where it gets interesting…
Apparently the surgeons ‘couldn’t find it’. They poked and prodded, but as they couldn’t get anything to move with the poking and prodding, didn’t bother actually excising the tissue to locate the ‘thing’.
Can someone with med experience explain this to me? If something is found on a radiological test, why on earth would surgeons NOT explore further until that something is found and removed? Especially as that something has caused much pain and a previous infection.
I’m bamboozled here…:dubious: