Presentation
Swallowed foreign body, patient's 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 demonstrating a pen inside the mid-esophagus. It would appear the pen caused pressure necrosis with some penetration on the right lateral wall of the esophagus. The pen was grasped with 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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