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Impacted foreign body in the hypopharynx and oesophagus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

G. Dhanasekar ,
A. R. C. Mohan  and
B. N. Kumar
G. Dhanasekar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, U.K.
A. R. C. Mohan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, U.K.
B. N. Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, U.K.
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Abstract

We report a rare case of an unusual impacted foreign body (titanium mesh stent) in the hypopharynx and upper oesophagus of a 66-year-old gentleman. He was a known patient with carcinoma of the mid-oesophagus admitted under the gastroenterologists for dilatation of the carcinomatous stricture with a stent. During the procedure the titanium mesh spring coil got displaced and was impacted in the retropharyngeal space, submucosally in the hypopharynx and upper oesophagus. He was referred to us for surgical removal of the stent, which he underwent successfully. We believe this to be the first case of such an unusual foreign body to be reported in the literature.

Keywords

Foreign BodiesStentsHypopharynx
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Issue 4 , April 2002 , pp. 307 - 308
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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