Ingested Denture as an Esophageal Foreign Body

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.