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Acute oesophageal obstruction 18 months after an abdominal shotgun wound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. Riley ,
J. McNeill ,
B. McCloskey ,
M. P. Thomson  and
E. Mackle
N. Riley*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, N. Ireland.
J. McNeill
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthetics, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, N. Ireland.
B. McCloskey
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, N. Ireland.
M. P. Thomson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, N. Ireland.
E. Mackle
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, N. Ireland.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Neil Riley, F.R.C.S., Otolaryngology Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, N. IrelandBT12 6BA. Fax: 01762/831425.
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Abstract

A 32-year-old man presented to the otolaryngology department with acute dysphagia after vomiting. Radiological investigation suggested a piece of meat lodged in the lower oesophagus and rigid oesophagoscopy was performed. However, a plastic shotgun cartridge wad was found and removed. This had gained access to the stomach when the patient had been shot at point-blank range 18 months previously, and appeared to have been forced into the oesophagus by the vomiting, where it caused obstruction.

Keywords

Foreign bodyOesophagus
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 2 , February 1997 , pp. 177 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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