Open AccessMigration of a gastric bezoar to esophagus: A rare cause of acute dysphagia
Author(s) -
Talat Ayyıldız,
Beytullah Yıldırım
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deneysel ve klinik tıp dergisi/journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1309-4483
pISSN - 1309-5129
DOI - 10.52142/omujecm.38.3.35
Subject(s) - bezoar , dysphagia , medicine , esophagus , swallowing , stomach , vomiting , surgery , gastroenterology
Sudden onset of dysphagia due to a gastric bezoar migrating to the esophagus is a relatively rare condition. A 72-year-old male patient with known gastric bezoar presented with sudden difficulty swallowing following nausea and vomiting caused by adhesive ileus. Gastroscopic examination showed a bezoar and associated compression ulcers in the esophagus. The bezoar was pushed towards the stomach and extracted by successful endoscopic fragmentation.