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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34260
A Rare Foreign Body: A Mouse Entrapped in the Adult Esophagus
P.-L. Ren, M.D., M.P.H.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine
609 Ta-Yin Street, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fax: + 886-4-23270383
eMail: peilung@ms19.hinet.net
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Publikationsdatum:
23. September 2002 (online)
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Figure 1 A foreign body entrapped in the esophagus is a rare finding in adults. It is usually associated with organic lesions, such as anastomotic narrowing or motor disorder. This particular 56-year-old man was suffering from epidermoid esophageal carcinoma. He had received a short course of radiotherapy, but later decided to investigate Chinese traditional therapy. He ate mice alive in the belief that a living mouse could dig through the narrow and rigid esophagus and thereby improve his dysphagia symptoms. After he had previously eaten 86 mice, a mouse became entrapped at the gastroesophageal junction. The mouse was removed using endoscopic foreign-body forceps. The endoscopic image shows the mouse and its tail, trapped at the narrow lumen of the gastroesophageal junction.
P.-L. Ren, M.D., M.P.H.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine
609 Ta-Yin Street, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fax: + 886-4-23270383
eMail: peilung@ms19.hinet.net
P.-L. Ren, M.D., M.P.H.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine
609 Ta-Yin Street, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fax: + 886-4-23270383
eMail: peilung@ms19.hinet.net
![Zoom Image](/products/assets/desktop/css/img/icon-figure-zoom.png)
Figure 1 A foreign body entrapped in the esophagus is a rare finding in adults. It is usually associated with organic lesions, such as anastomotic narrowing or motor disorder. This particular 56-year-old man was suffering from epidermoid esophageal carcinoma. He had received a short course of radiotherapy, but later decided to investigate Chinese traditional therapy. He ate mice alive in the belief that a living mouse could dig through the narrow and rigid esophagus and thereby improve his dysphagia symptoms. After he had previously eaten 86 mice, a mouse became entrapped at the gastroesophageal junction. The mouse was removed using endoscopic foreign-body forceps. The endoscopic image shows the mouse and its tail, trapped at the narrow lumen of the gastroesophageal junction.