Surprising cause of dysphagia in an elderly male

A 73 year old man presented to his primary care physician with sudden onset dysphagia to solids and liquids. He urgently completed a barium swallow study showing what was believed to be a coin. Endoscopic removal subsequently revealed it was a lithium battery. Consequences and management of lithium...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Kyle, Supplee, Suzanne, Vyas, Priyanka, Gulati, Shuchi, Alweis, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Radiology Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25317263
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.25156
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spelling pubmed-41851412014-10-14 Surprising cause of dysphagia in an elderly male Bennett, Kyle Supplee, Suzanne Vyas, Priyanka Gulati, Shuchi Alweis, Richard J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Radiology Images A 73 year old man presented to his primary care physician with sudden onset dysphagia to solids and liquids. He urgently completed a barium swallow study showing what was believed to be a coin. Endoscopic removal subsequently revealed it was a lithium battery. Consequences and management of lithium battery ingestion are discussed. Co-Action Publishing 2014-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4185141/ /pubmed/25317263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.25156 Text en © 2014 Kyle Bennett et al. 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 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185141/
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