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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2015; 6(04): 172-175
DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.173966
Case Report
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy

Missed diagnosis of an unusual case of impacted esophageal foreign body

Abu Taiub Mohammed Mohiuddin Chowdhury
Department of Gastroenterology-II, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, PR China
,
Jiang Wei
1   Department of Gastroenterology-I, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, PR China
,
Sedzro Divine Mensah
2   Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, PR China
,
Shahid Alam
3   Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, PR China
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01 October 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Accidental foreign body or food particle impaction in the esophagus causing partial or complete obstruction of the esophageal lumen is not uncommon. Most of this presents with remarkable history and acute or related symptoms that lead to diagnosis. Here, we present an unusual clinically misleading case of impacted food object in the esophageal lumen causing partial obstruction that mimic the diagnosis of esophageal and other associated pathologies.

Key words

Esophageal foreign body - esophageal obstruction - esophageal ulceration - foreign body - impacted foreign body
 

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