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case_images: X-ray lateral view showing a radio-opaque foreign body at the junction of C5-C6 vertebrae (level of laryngeal ventricle).
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case_images: An X-ray of the cervical region showed a radio-opaque foreign body in the left side of neck suggestive of a pellet (Figure 1).
case_images: An axial CT scan showing the foreign body deep to the sternomastoid muscle lying in the parapharyngeal space.
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case_images: The scan confirmed the position of the pellet as being medial to the sternomastoid around the level of the glottis (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: A coronal CT scan of neck showing the radio-opaque foreign body deep in the sternomastoid muscle.
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case_images: The scan confirmed the position of the pellet as being medial to the sternomastoid around the level of the glottis (Figures 2 and 3).