Chronic stridor secondary to erosion of esophageal foreign body into mediastinum

Esophageal diverticulum secondary to impacted foreign body.

We report a two year old child who developed a large esophageal diverticulum over a period of ten months following ingestion of a multispiked leaf of Quercus semicarpipholia. Though the endoscopic removal of foreign body was successful, it did not relieve the symptoms and patient required surgical resection of the diverticulum. Patient is asymptomatic after 4 months of follow up.

Unusual Presentation of Cervical Esophageal Foreign Body

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of odynophagia and neck pain after swallowing a piece of bone. Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral neck X-ray showed the foreign body. Rigid esophagoscopy under general anesthesia was performed and foreign body extracted by rigid bronchoscopy.

Esophageal foreign body mimicking esophageal atresia.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 392 VOLUME 42__APRIL 17, 2005 immunosuppressed individuals(2). A single oral dose of Ivermectin (200 μg/kg) has been reported to be more effective than multiple doses of thiabendazole(3). CVID is a syndrome characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia with phenotypically normal B cells(4). These patients are prone to infection with pyogenic organisms and also intestinal parasites, f...

Esophageal foreign body in neonates.

Foreign Body Granuloma Secondary to Leuprorelin Acetate

Received February 5, 2013, Revised March 30, 2013, Accepted for publication April 15, 2013 Corresponding author: Young Min Park, Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Banpo 4 dong, Seochogu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2258-6223, Fax: 82-2-5999950, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access ...