Extraction of chicken bone swallowing 10th day after ingestion with penetrating the esophageal walls

Bagheri, Reza

doi:10.22038/jctm.2019.40772.1229

Extraction of chicken bone swallowing 10th day after ingestion with penetrating the esophageal walls

Document Type : Image in Cardio-Thoracic Medicine

Author

Reza Bagheri

Thoracic Surgeon, Lung Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

10.22038/jctm.2019.40772.1229

Abstract

A 23-year-old male referred with a history of chicken bone swallowing a week ago (Figure 1). Endoscopy was performed at our center and a chicken bone was found penetrating the esophageal walls (Figure 2). The patient was managed successfully using flexible endoscopy and the chicken bone was removed.

Keywords

Foreign Bodies

Esophageal Perforation

Endoscopy

Treatment

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