Esophageal foreign body perforation: report of an unusual case and review of the literature.

  • 1 July 1984
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 79  (7) , 509-11
Abstract
This report describes a patient with a foreign body esophageal perforation in whom the usual clinical symptoms of respiratory distress and severe chest pain as well as obvious abnormalities on x-rays of the chest and esophagus were not present. The possible subtle nature of esophageal perforation is emphasized and the evaluation of such cases is reviewed.

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