title: An unusual case of impacted oesophageal foreign body.
abstract: Impacted sharp foreign bodies in the oesophagus can be very difficult to manage. When attempts are made to remove such objects inappropriately, life-threatening complications such as oesophageal perforation can occur. We hare reported a rare case of impacted denture in the oesophagus where endoscopic removal was not possible due to the perforation already caused by the denture, sinee this would have caused an oesophageal laceration, which could have proved fatal. Hence surgical removal had to be performed with repair of the oesophageal perforation.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T, T. N. Medical College & B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai Central, 400008 Mumbai Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Bachi T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Hathiram
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gvalani
authors.forename: Nilam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sathe
authors.forename: Kaushal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sheth
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohorikar
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Grewal
keywords: Foreign Body; Impacted; Oesophagus