Objectives To determine factors associated with the passage of coins. To determine the need for repeat preoperative chest x-ray (CXR) for esophageal coin foreign body. Setting Academic tertiary care center. Design Case series with chart review. Subjects and Methods Patient information was retrieved from an Institutional Review Board-approved database. We identified 1359 children with esophageal...

Foreign body ingestion is a common condition in childhood, but it can also be seen in adults. Depending on the shape and size of the foreign body, it may cause serious complications such as perforation and obstruction. For this reason, foreign body ingestion management is vital (1). A 33-yr-old male patient refered to the Outpatient Clinic for a toothache. During the dental examination, the mou...

a 45-year-old prisoner violently inserted a 30 cm bottle into his rectum in the prison. he complained of lower abdominal fullness and inability to pass stool. his vital signs were stable and the abdominal examination did not reveal any peritoneal sign. multiple longitudinal ulcer like anal fissures were also remarkable in different positions of the anal wall extending to the rectum. attempts we...

laparoscopy has made a revolution in surgical procedures and treatment of various diseases but its complications are still under investigation. intra-abdominal visceral and vessel injuries, trocar site hernia, and leaving foreign bodies into the peritoneal cavity are among some laparoscopic surgery complications. this is a rare report of penrose drain migration following incomplete laparoscopic...

We discuss clinical symptoms and radiological findings of variable esophageal foreign bodies as well as therapeutic procedures in Caucasian pediatric patients. A retrospective study of 192 cases of suspected esophageal foreign bodies between 1998 and 2010 was conducted. Data were statistically analyzed by chi-square test. A foreign body was removed from a digestive tract of 163 children aged 6 ...

purpose : to evaluate the accuracy of ocular sonography in measurement of size of intraocular foreign bodies (iofb) methods : in a case series study, 58 consecutive patients with intraocular foreign body were included. ocular sonography was performed to detect intraocular foreign body and the results were compared with the same intraoperative findings. results : metallic material was found to b...

introduction: foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract often get lost following inappropriate attempts at removal. children may present late with localized infection, posing a challenge to the otolaryngologists in a referral set-up in diagnosing and retrieving such foreign bodies.   case report: a two-year-old boy presented with refractory purulent rhinorrhea and intermittent low-grade f...

introduction: the diagnosis of foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract is usually straightforward but sometimes it can be delayed or the location of esophageal and upper airway foreign bodies can be mistakenly interchanged.  case report: we present two interesting cases that caused diagnostic challenges which could have led to serious complications if a greater delay in diagnosis had oc...