Unusual Esophageal Foreign Bodies: A Case Involving A Glass Shard

Volume 4 - Issue 1

Tall Hady₁*, Ndour Ngor₁, Ndiaye Ciré₂, Maiga Souleymane₂, Pilor Ndongo₂, Sall Cheickh Ahmado₂, Loum Birame₃, Ndiaye Malick₄ and Diallo Bay Karim₃

Received: November 28, 2019   Published: December 12, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/SCSOAJ.2019.04.000179

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Abstract

The ingestion of a foreign body is most often accidental in children. We report the case of a 9-year-old child, without any particular prior history of disease, who was admitted to the emergency ward of the ENT and cervicofacial surgery unit at the Regional Hospital Center of Saint Louis (Senegal) for accidental ingestion of an object during a meal (breakfast). The clinical examination found hypersalivation. Lateral cervical radiography revealed the presence of a radiopaque foreign body. Extraction of the glass shard-like foreign body was performed by endoscopy under general anesthesia. The post-operative management was straightforward.

Keywords: Foreign body; child, esophagus, endoscopy

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