Citation

Cangir AK, Tuğ T, Okten I. Surg. Today 2002; 32(6): 523-524.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University Medical School, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s005950200090

PMID

12107779

Abstract

Foreign body ingestion occurs commonly in children and in specific high-risk groups of adults. Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract can result in serious complications depending on the size and shape of the ingested object. This report presents a patient with an unusual foreign body in the esophagus.

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