Esophageal Stricture Post Accidental Corrosive Ingestion: A Case Report
| Autor: | Madhu Ghimire, Binita Gurubacharya Joshi, Ritu Lamichhane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Esophagogastroduodenoscopy General surgery Perforation (oil well) Corrosive substance medicine.disease Surgery Corrosive ingestion Accidental Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Esophageal stricture medicine Initial treatment Ingestion business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 36:291-294 |
| ISSN: | 1990-7982 1990-7974 |
| Popis: | Corrosive substance ingestion is a seriouspublic health hazard. Mostly, children are victim due to accidental ingestion occurring commonly in less than five years. Whether acid or alkali, the ingestion may have catastrophic effects and the outcomes can vary from minimal injury to perforation and death. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy should be done 12-24 hours of ingestion in order to assess the extent of mucosal injury. Esophageal stricture remains one of the major sequel usually seen after three weeks of ingestion. Endoluminal dilatation is current recommendation for initial treatment of stricture and surgery should follow for strictures refractory to dilatation. We here present a case of a five year old child with accidental corrosive ingestion at her school which led to esophageal stricture. She underwent multiple dilatation of stricture followed by esophageal corrective surgery which again led to post-surgical stricture requiring further dilatations. |
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