Open AccessA case of the long time presence of a large foreign body in esophagus without complication
Author(s) -
Gholamreza Mohajeri,
Shiva Fakhari,
Zahra Ghaffarzadeh,
Mohammad-Reza Piri-Ardakani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9175
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9175.191001
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , odynophagia , dysphagia , foreign body , complication , surgery , perforation , dentures , foreign bodies , general surgery , stomach , dentistry , gastroenterology , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Dentures are common accidentally ingested foreign bodies (FBs), especially in the aged population. It is usual for a FB to be swallowed in adults and lodge in the esophagus; however, it is unusual for a denture to remain in esophagus for a period of 9 months without any complication. We present, a 57-year-old deaf mute man swallowed his denture with the chief complaint of dysphagia and odynophagia only after 9 months. Although multiple attempts for removing the denture by rigid esophagoscopy were done, it entered the stomach, so gastrotomy was performed and the patient recovered uneventfully. In all cases with suspicion of esophageal FB, rigid esophagoscopy seems necessary, but in some unusual cases, large FBs may be remained in esophagus for a long time without perforation