Acute respiratory distress secondary to a proximal esophageal foreign body.
We report the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with acute respiratory distress from a proximal esophageal foreign body. Fiberoptic endoscopy (bronchoscopy) was essential for the diagnosis and successful management of this case.
Gabana
T M
TM
Department of Emergency Medicine/Trauma, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.
Lynch
J D
JD
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology*