
A Sail-like Glass Piece into the Cervical Esophagus
Author(s) -
Murat Öncel,
Güven Sadi Sunam,
Hüseyin Yıldıran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.3852
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , general surgery , surgery
25 -year-old male patient with mental retardation who had history of convulsions since the age of 5 years, admitted the emergency department by discomfort in the throat. About 4 hours ago, as he was drinking coke by the glass, the glass had broken and he felt dysphagia. In physical examination, the patient's extremities, facial and neck muscles had spasit, he had no orientation and his cooperation was limited. Examinations of his oropharynx was unremarkable and he had hypersalivation. The glass piece was shown by radiological imaging located at cervical part of esophagus (Figure 1). The rigid esophagoscopy was performed and the glass piece was removed by Magill forceps (Figure 2). Esophageal mucosa was intacted. Postoperatively, the patient was relieved of the discomfort swallowing , and could accept both solid and liquid foods orally. He was discharged 24 hours later