title: Complete esophageal stricture resulting from a neglected foreign body.
abstract: We present a patient with an esophageal foreign body complicated by severe esophageal stricture, which progressed to complete stricture after a period of follow-up. Transthoracic resection of the stricture with end-to-end anastomosis seemed to be a successful treatment in this transmural stricture. The treatment of esophageal stricture is well discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sheen
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans