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Foreign body ingestion and impaction in the esophagus can happen at any age, although occurring more frequent in children (<10 years) and adults (>50 years). This problem can happen in both sexes with equal frequency. The risk factors in favor of the esophagus foreign body impaction include impaired vision, poor dentations, psychotic patients, body packers, prisoners, and patients with previous esophageal abrasion. The aim of this article is to study the etiology, clinical presentation, surgical treatment, and complications of foreign body ingestion at the same time as presenting a rare remarkable case.
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This work was supported by the vice chancellery of research of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, and performed in the Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. We would like to thank Mrs. Sima Beigoli and Elham Lotfian for their kind assistance in preparing the paper.
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Dalouee, M.N., Masuom, S.H.F., Mashhadi, M.P. et al. Abnormal foreign body in the esophagus: a rare presentation. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 32, 221–223 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-016-0440-7
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