Presentation
Swallowed foreign body, her mother unsure of its nature.
Patient Data
Age: 2 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - pen
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Foreign body in the esophagus perforating its right lateral wall.
Right upper lung lobe consolidation.
From the case:
Ingested foreign body - pen
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Upper endoscopy showed a pen inside the mid-esophagus. It looks like it caused pressure necrosis and some penetration on the right lateral wall of the esophagus. It was caught with a foreign body forceps and extracted.
Images courtesy of Dr Mazen Naga.
Case Discussion
The pen in the upper esophagus, perforating its lateral wall, was extracted endoscopically.
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