Late onset tracheo-oesophageal fistula following a swallowed dental plate.
Swallowing dentures and dental plates has been a cause of distress among elderly patients. Tracheo-oesophageal fistula caused by a foreign body is rare and of the cases reported in the literature only one was due to a swallowed denture which resulted in a recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy [4]. We describe a delayed onset tracheo-oesophageal fistula due to a swallowed dental plate in a young patient.
Rajesh
P B
PB
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Goiti
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D003679:Deglutition; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery