title: Oesophageal Obstruction from a Pharmacobezoar Resulting in Death.
abstract: Formation of an intestinal pharmacobezoar is a rare condition. It may form after intake of various oral pharmaceutical preparations of drugs, both as a result of an acute overdose and through chronic use of therapeutic doses of a drug. We report a case with a patient presenting with an oesophageal pharmacobezoar and complete obstruction of the oesophagus and severe toxic symptoms and death related to oral ingestion of multiple drugs.
authors: Department of Anaesthesiology, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
authors: Katrine Elisabeth
authors: KE
authors: Mortensen
authors: Section of Forensic Pathology, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Munkholm
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.|The Danish Poisons Information Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Kim Peder
authors: KP
authors: Dalhoff
authors: The Danish Poisons Information Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.|Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Lotte Christine Groth
authors: LC
authors: Hoegberg
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D001630:Bezoars; D062787:Drug Overdose; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed