A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist
True foreign bodies are a frequent problem in mentally disabled adults and since ingestion is usually intentional, retrieval can be difficult due to unusual, previously in practice not encountered objects. This case illustrates the laborious effort of removing an esophageal foreign body (FB), a ches...
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| author | Dalia Zykutė Romanas Zykus |
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| description | True foreign bodies are a frequent problem in mentally disabled adults and since ingestion is usually intentional, retrieval can be difficult due to unusual, previously in practice not encountered objects. This case illustrates the laborious effort of removing an esophageal foreign body (FB), a chestnut, in a mentally disabled adult. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1575171659044ec1a04110ec9aa615612022-12-22T00:13:39ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Digestive Endoscopy0976-50420976-50502019-10-01100424024110.1055/s-0040-1709311A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an EndoscopistDalia Zykutė0Romanas Zykus1Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, LithuaniaTrue foreign bodies are a frequent problem in mentally disabled adults and since ingestion is usually intentional, retrieval can be difficult due to unusual, previously in practice not encountered objects. This case illustrates the laborious effort of removing an esophageal foreign body (FB), a chestnut, in a mentally disabled adult.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1709311unusual foreign bodyesophaguschestnut |
| spellingShingle | Dalia Zykutė Romanas Zykus A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist Journal of Digestive Endoscopy unusual foreign body esophagus chestnut |
| title | A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist |
| title_full | A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist |
| title_fullStr | A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist |
| title_short | A Chestnut–A Difficult Challenge for an Endoscopist |
| title_sort | chestnut a difficult challenge for an endoscopist |
| topic | unusual foreign body esophagus chestnut |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1709311 |
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