Dysphagia for Three Months Due to Foreign Body in the Œsophagus

Foreign Body in the Œsophagus: Report of Three Cases

Case 1.?A Sahnsi male (Sahnsies belong to the criminal tribes in the Punjab), aged 40, arrived at the hospital with the complaint of difficulty in swallowing, and swelling of the neck. Both these complaints started 8 days ago when he was taking cooked meat. His own statement was that a piece of bone was stuck in his oesophagus. Local examination showed a hard brawny swelling of the root of the ...

Metallic Foreign Body in the Lung Due to Gunshot Injury

A 37 - year- old man came to the hospital with a history of penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma due to gunshot wound in 10 days before. He underwent laparatomy and hepatorrhaphy in that time and right sided chest tube was inserted. Chest CT scan revealed metallic foreign body in lung tissue due to bullet burst. Right thoracotomy was performed and metallic foreign body extracted from lung tissue

A Case of Unusual Foreign Body in the Œsophagus

was brought to this dispensary with the history that a belcha?(a small mattock or trowel used for digging and up-rooting weeds)?had lodged in his throat. He complained of severe pain in the gullet, could only speak with great difficulty, and could swallow nothing at all. His attendants said that at first the belcha was visible from the mouth, but all efforts to extract it had only succeeded in ...

A Case of Impacted Foreign Body in the Œsophagus

Removal of a Foreign Body from the Œsophagus