• Southern medical journal · Mar 2001

    Case Reports

    Chest pain: overlooked manifestation of unsuspected esophageal foreign body.

    • I M Nakashabendi, M E Maldonado, and P G Brady.
    • Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA.
    • South. Med. J. 2001 Mar 1;94(3):333-5.

    AbstractTwo cases of unsuspected esophageal foreign body ingestion with chest pain as the main symptom are reported. Both patients had extensive cardiac evaluation to rule out myocardial ischemia. They were discharged home with continuing chest pain and odynophagia. Both patients were denture wearers, and further questioning revealed the coincidence of chest pain with taking meals. Further evaluation revealed an impacted esophageal foreign body in one patient and an esophageal perforation with a mediastinal abscess in the other. These cases illustrate the importance of considering esophageal foreign bodies as factors in chest pain.

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