title: [Esopheal foreign body impaction].
abstract: Esophageal ingestion of foreign bodies is a frequent urgency. It occurs more commonly in patients with psychiatric disorders, prisoners and extreme ages of the life. Early upper endoscopy is the method of choice for the treatment of symptomatic patients. Surgery is only considered when a complication is present or the extraction can not be done by the endoscopist. We report a case of a 34-year-old male who voluntarily ingested an uncommon foreign body. Surgical treatment was required because of impaction after endoscopic maneuvers and suspicion of esophageal perforation.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Sección de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. aliciaruiz9@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alicia Ruiz de la Hermosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: García-Pardo
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez Díaz
authors.forename: Pedro José
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Machado Liendo
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cortese
authors.forename: Fredy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atahualpa Arenas
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turégano Fuentes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome