*Corresponding author: Reza Afghani, Cardio- Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Tel: 0511-8594083; Fax: 0511-8436199; E-mail: Afghanir@mums.ac.ir
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Unusual Presentation of Cervical Esophageal Foreign Body
Reza Bagheri , Reza Afghani *
1Thoracic Surgeon, Cardio‐ Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2Fellowship of Thoracic Surgery, Cardio‐ Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
A R T I C L E I N F O
A B S T R A C T
Article type:
Image in Cardio‐Thoracic Medicine
A -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 esophagoscopy.
Article history:
Received: Feb Revised: Mar Accepted: Apr
Keywords:
Esophageal Foreign Body Esophagoscopy
►Please cite this paper as:
Bagheri R, Afghani R. Unusual Presentation of Cervical Esophageal Foreign Body. J Cardiothorac Med. ; : .
Figure 1. AP chest and neck X-ray of the patient
Figure 3. Picture of the foreign body bone after extracting by
rigid esophagoscopy
Figure 2. Lateral neck X-ray of the patient
