The largest esophageal foreign body in adults: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The swallowing of foreign bodies can be accidental or intentional. The majority of the cases of accidental foreign body ingestion are observed in children. In adults, foreign body ingestion can be accidental, related to specific pathological changes of the digestive tract, or deliberate, as observed in patients with psychiatric diseases or in those released from the prison.

Case presentation

A 42-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department with symptoms including choking, drooling from the mouth, holding his neck, and aphonia. He had a history of psychiatric illness with suicidal ingestion of a foreign body. After stabilization, he was sent for chest radiograph, which revealed a significant radiopaque shadow the shape of a spanner, occupying the whole

SUBMITTER: Al-Faham FSM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7210472 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature