Unusual foreign body in the upper digestive tract: case report

Authors

  • Snigdha Elaprolu Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
  • Gowri Sankar Marimuthu Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
  • Raghul Sekar Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
  • Sunil Kumar Saxena Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20181885

Keywords:

Blunt foreign body, Upper digestive tract, Esophagoscopy

Abstract

Unusual foreign bodies in the digestive tract are common in psychiatric patients and children requiring screening of the entire gastrointestinal tract. We here report two cases of unusual ingested blunt foreign body in the upper digestive tract managed differently.

Author Biography

Snigdha Elaprolu, Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry

JUNIOR RESIDENT

DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY & HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

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Published

2018-04-26

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2018): May-June 2018

Section

Case Reports