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Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus
Mussels are commonly used in cooking around the world. The mussel shell breaks more easily than other shells, and the edge of the broken mussel shell is sharp. Impaction can ultimately cause erosion, perforation and fistula. Aside from these complications, the pain can be very intense. Therefore, it...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350191 |
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author | Kim, Sunmin Kim, Hyung Hun Jang, Gook Hwan Song, Jun Young |
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description | Mussels are commonly used in cooking around the world. The mussel shell breaks more easily than other shells, and the edge of the broken mussel shell is sharp. Impaction can ultimately cause erosion, perforation and fistula. Aside from these complications, the pain can be very intense. Therefore, it is essential to verify and remove the shell as soon as possible. In this report we describe the process of diagnosing and treating mussel shell impaction in the esophagus. Physicians can overlook this unusual foreign body impaction due to lack of experience. When physicians encounter a patient with severe chest pain after a meal with mussels, mussel shell impaction should be considered when diagnosing and treating the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-36180442013-04-08 Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus Kim, Sunmin Kim, Hyung Hun Jang, Gook Hwan Song, Jun Young Case Rep Gastroenterol Published online: March, 2013 Mussels are commonly used in cooking around the world. The mussel shell breaks more easily than other shells, and the edge of the broken mussel shell is sharp. Impaction can ultimately cause erosion, perforation and fistula. Aside from these complications, the pain can be very intense. Therefore, it is essential to verify and remove the shell as soon as possible. In this report we describe the process of diagnosing and treating mussel shell impaction in the esophagus. Physicians can overlook this unusual foreign body impaction due to lack of experience. When physicians encounter a patient with severe chest pain after a meal with mussels, mussel shell impaction should be considered when diagnosing and treating the patient. S. Karger AG 2013-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3618044/ /pubmed/23569440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350191 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions. |
spellingShingle | Published online: March, 2013 Kim, Sunmin Kim, Hyung Hun Jang, Gook Hwan Song, Jun Young Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title | Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title_full | Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title_fullStr | Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title_full_unstemmed | Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title_short | Mussel Shell Impaction in the Esophagus |
title_sort | mussel shell impaction in the esophagus |
topic | Published online: March, 2013 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350191 |
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