Esophageal stricture with a pseudodiverticulum caused by the unrecognized ingestion of a small foreign body in a child: report of a case.
A 2-year-old boy with a long history of vomiting, dysphagia, and weight loss was found to have a rigid stricture in the proximal esophagus. We performed esophageal repair using a Livaditis circular myotomy technique. The removed section of esophagus contained the inflammatory stricture with a pseudodiverticulum, caused by the unrecognized ingestion of a small, hard plastic sticker.
Uchida
Keiichi
K
Second Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
Inoue
Mikihiro
M
Konishi
Naomi
N
Kusunoki
Masato
M
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male