Open AccessChronic retained esophageal foreign body masquerading as a mediastinal mass
Author(s) -
Bhagya Sannananja,
Hardik Uresh Shah,
Padma Vikram Badhe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.157093
Subject(s) - foreign body ingestion , dysphagia , medicine , foreign body , esophagus , complication , mediastinal mass , surgery , ingestion , swallowing , abscess , radiology , general surgery
Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children, coin being the usual offender in most of the cases. In the majority of the times, they pass through the esophagus without any complication. It is rare to have complications such as perioesphagitis, peri esophageal abscess, vascular stula or carotid rupture and still rare to have the condition silent for 20 long years and presenting with acute symptoms. We report a case of retained esophageal foreign body presenting as recent onset dysphagia and mediastinal widening