Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/969862
Abstract
Chronically embedded foreign bodies can lead to perforations, mediastinitis, and abscess, amongst a host of other complications. A 20-year-old mentally challenged female presented with “something stuck in her throat,” severe dysphagia, and recurrent vomiting. Initial imaging was unremarkable; however, subsequent imaging and esophagogastroduodenoscopy two weeks later revealed an embedded pork bone. Surgery was performed to remove the bone and fix the subsequent esophageal perforation and esophagus-innominate artery fistula. This case helps reinforce the urgency in removing an ingested foreign body and the ramifications that may arise with chronically embedded foreign bodies.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, v. 2014, art. 969862
Scholar Commons Citation
Berry, Andrew C.; Draganov, Peter V.; Patel, Brijesh B.; Avalos, Danny; Reuther, Warren L.; Ravilla, Avinash; Berry, Bruce B.; and Monzel, Michael J., "Embedded Pork Bone Causing Esophageal Perforation and an Esophagus-Innominate Artery Fistula" (2014). Internal Medicine Faculty Publications. 120.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/intmed_facpub/120
