Esophageal Foreign Body in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection - A Case Report
| Autor: | S. Mahajan, G. Kaur, K. S. Sandhu, O. Thomas, K. L. Mao, M. Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry medicine.medical_treatment General surgery Esophageal foreign body medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547 Accidental Medicine Ingestion Esophagus Dentures Foreign body business Foreign Body Ingestion |
| Zdroj: | ENT Updates, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 62-65 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2149-6498 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/entupdates.2021.860852 |
| Popis: | Foreign body ingestion is not an uncommon encounter in adults, especially denture ingestion in the elderly. Dentures usually studded with wires can be categorized among sharp, irregularly shaped, and impacted foreign bodies, which necessitates their urgent removal considering their capability of triggering fatal complications if left unattended. Aerosolization procedures, especially in patients who are positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is a high-risk procedure that may cause infections in health-care professionals. We hereby present the challenges faced and the protocol followed for managing the case of a 60-year-old patient with COVID-19 infection who presented with accidental denture ingestion, which manifested as a foreign body in the upper end of the esophagus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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