• Med Princ Pract · Jan 2017

    Case Reports

    Cervical Esophagotomy for Removal of an Ingested Clam Shell: A Very Uncommon Foreign Body Ingestion.

    • Edoardo Virgilio, Diletta Giuliani, Alice Nigro, Marcello Gasparrini, and Genoveffa Balducci.
    • Med Princ Pract. 2017 Jan 1; 26 (4): 390-392.

    ObjectiveTo report the removal of an ingested clam shell that was firmly impacted in the esophagus.Clinical Presentation And InterventionA 77-year-old man presented at our hospital with acute dysphagia after eating a seafood risotto. An urgent dedicated examination (noncontrast helical multislice computed tomography scan of the neck and flexible esophagoscopy) detected a clam shell lodged in the upper esophagus. After several unsuccessful endoscopic attempts, a lifesaving cervical esophagotomy was performed and the foreign body was retrieved.ConclusionThis patient who ingested clam shell recovered well following the retrieval of the foreign body by performing a lifesaving cervical esophagotomy.© 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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