title: Esophageal perforation caused by a press through pack.
abstract: A 73-year-old woman complaining of sudden hoarseness visited our hospital 17 days after the onset. The upper gastrointestinal contrast study showed a shallow ulcer crater with moderate bulging in the upper thoracic esophagus. Endoscope and computed tomography revealed an esophageal foreign body, a Press Through Pack (PTP), in the esophageal ulcer. The PTP could be removed endoscopically. Two months after extraction of the PTP, the patient was taking normal food orally and was discharged. The esophageal perforation, looking like a diverticle, was still present more than 1 year after the onset.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume-city, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sueyoshi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamana
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004349:Drug Packaging; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans