Acquired Esophagotracheal Fistula Secondary to a Foreign Body in the Esophagus

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ESOPHAGOTRACHEAL fistula resulting from a foreign body lodged in the esophagus is rare.1 One caused by a swallowed denture is reported below, and attention is called to the difficulties encountered in the demonstration of such plates by x-ray examination.Case ReportA 19-year-old soldier with epilepsy was admitted to the medical service of Tokyo Army Hospital on March 27, 1957. Three months previously, he had had an epileptic seizure, and after this he was unable to find his denture, a 4-tooth bridge. X-ray study of the chest (Fig. 1) had given no evidence of a radiopaque foreign body. Since that . . .

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