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Pill in the blister pack: a rare cause of dysphagia in an elderly adult

Foreign body impaction in the esophagus amongst adults is not a common cause of dysphagia. Fish bone, food bolus, dentures may cause symptoms of dysphagia, odynophagia, chest pain or respiratory distress. It needs prompt evaluation along with removal of the substance either surgically or endoscopica...

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Autores principales: Laeeq, Syed Mudassir, Rai, Ayesha Aslam, Tasneem, Abbas Ali, Luck, Nasir Hassan, Majid, Zain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918072
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.176.8031
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Sumario:Foreign body impaction in the esophagus amongst adults is not a common cause of dysphagia. Fish bone, food bolus, dentures may cause symptoms of dysphagia, odynophagia, chest pain or respiratory distress. It needs prompt evaluation along with removal of the substance either surgically or endoscopically to avoid the development of life threatening complications. Here we are reporting a case of an elderly male, who presented to us with a history of absolute dysphagia for one week, as a consequence of ingestion of a pill in blister pack.