Unusual esophageal foreign body: Metal bottle cap

Year 2023, Volume: 22 Issue: 3, 174 - 176, 22.12.2023

Halil Çapar Şehmus Ölmez Duran Deha Çetin Mustafa Muslu Bünyamin Sarıtaş

https://doi.org/10.17941/agd.1408073

Abstract

Foreign body of esophagus is frequently an emergency encountered in gastroenter-oogy clinic practice. Endoscopic treatment is effective and safe. Metal bottle cap is rarely swallowed. Metal bottle cap extraction presents a challenge in the manage-ment also, endoscopic treatment should be done quickly since metal bottle cap is quite large and sharp object. Here, we presented a very rare cause foreign body -a metal bottle cap- in the upper esophagus which was extracted using alligator jaw grasping forceps.

Keywords

Esophagus, foreign body, metal bottle cap

Unusual esophageal foreign body: Metal bottle cap

Abstract

Özofagus yabancı cisimleri gastroenteroloji klinik pratiğinde sıkça karşılaşılan acil klinik durumlarındandır. Endoskopik tedavi etkili ve güvenlidir. Metal şişe kapağı nadiren yutulur. Yönetimi zor olabilir. Metal şişe kapağı, oldukça geniş ve keskin kenarlı obje olmaları nedeniyle endoskopik tedavi hızlıca yapılmalıdır. Burada, timsah ağızlı yabancı cisim forsepsi kullanılarak çıkarılan, üst özofagusta görülen nadir bir yabancı cisim (metal şişe kapağı) nedeni ile başvuran bir vakayı sunuyo-ruz.

Keywords

Özofagus, yabancı cisim, metal şişe kapağı

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