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[Esophageal rupture with aortic-esophageal fistula due to ingestion of foil packaged drugs].
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
October 2001
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, locatie Zuid, afd. Intensive Care, Postbus 888, 8901 BR Leeuwarden.
A 78-year-old man was admitted because of haematemesis. A week before, the patient was admitted for prostate resection. During that admission he ingested an analgesic tablet complete with foil packaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEsophageal foreign bodies in children: diagnosis, treatment, and complications.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
April 1996
Section of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Objective: We performed this study to identify the role of radiology in the diagnosis, treatment, and complications of esophageal foreign bodies in children.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts and radiographs of 123 esophageal foreign bodies seen in 118 children at the Medical University of South Carolina from May 1980 through May 1995.
Results: Most foreign bodies were coins in the upper esophagus (69%) in infants less than 2 years old (65%) for fewer than 24 hr (60%).
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