Application of point-of-care ultrasound for different types of esophageal foreign bodies: three case reports: A CARE-compliant article.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Esophageal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has recently been reported as a useful, quick, safe, and simple technique to detect esophageal foreign bodies (FBs). However, case series to detect esophageal FB using POCUS have been rarely reported. Chicken bones and pills, especially, have not yet been reported as esophageal FBs. The objective of this case series was to describe the POCUS findings of 3 different materials-food, pill, and chicken bone.

Patient concerns

Case 1, a 75-year-old woman with odynophagia and neck pain occurring 30 min after eating chicken porridge; Case 2, a 32-year-old woman with neck discomfort occurring 2 h after taking a pill; Case 3, a 29-year-old woman reporting FB sensation in the neck that occurred 1 h after eating sausage and rice soup

SUBMITTER: Ahn JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004603 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature