Ingested Denture as an Esophageal Foreign Body

Ariadna Perez-Sanchez, Riya Soni, Aristides Armas-Villalba, Anoop M. Nambiar, Nilam J. Soni

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Abstract

A 74-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and sore throat and was admitted for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He developed severe sore throat, stridor, and hoarseness over the subsequent 72 hours and was found to have an upper denture lodged in his upper esophagus that was missed on admission radiograph of the chest. Dentures are the second most common foreign body ingested after fish and animal bones and usually require flexible or rigid endoscopic intervention.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere231002
JournalAnnals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2024

Keywords

  • Bone
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Denture
  • Endoscopy
  • Esophageal foreign body
  • Esophagus
  • Ingestion
  • Mediastinitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Thorax

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Clinical Biochemistry

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