Metalophagia: Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after foreign body ingestion and retrieval

Tracheoesophageal fistula following disc battery ingestion and foreign body impaction

Background: Ingestion of foreign bodies may result in the formation of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), which causes severe morbidity in children. We describe four cases of TEF, who underwent emergent surgery for repair. Case presentation: In this report, we present about four patients aged between 9 months to 2.5 years, who referred due to disc battery ingestion. There were two boys and two ...

Proximal Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm after Radical Subtotal Gastrectomy

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm (SAP) is a very rare case, postoperatively. SAP originates from many causes such as complication of chronic pancreatitis in adults and blunt abdominal trauma in children. SAP related to surgery may result from direct tissue injury during operation. Urgent angiography is helpful in diagnoses and life-saving procedures as the endovascular embolization simultaneously....

Multiple foreign body ingestion.

Foreign body ingestion and aspiration.

1. Recognize the presenting history, signs, and symptoms of patients who have swallowed or inhaled foreign bodies. 2. Discuss the long-term complications of gastrointestinal and airway foreign bodies. 3. Describe appropriate management strategies for patients who have common esophageal and gastric foreign bodies. 4. Identify the risks associated with ingestion of button batteries and recognize ...

Head and neck cancer after foreign body ingestion.

INTRODUCTION Ingestion of a foreign body is a common occurrence in our population. We present 2 cases that illustrate an unusual outcome of an otherwise usual occurrence. CLINICAL PICTURE Two patients who presented with a history of ingestion of fish bones were worked up. The radiological findings were suspicious of a foreign body and both underwent examination under general anaesthesia. The ...