Subscribe to RSS
Please copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.
https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000012.xml
Endoscopy 1970; 02(3): 189-191
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1098462
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1098462
Case Reports
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart
Impacted Methylcellulose - Foreign Body Simulating Esophageal Carcinoma
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
08 December 2008 (online)
![](https://www.thieme-connect.de/media/endoscopy/197003/lookinside/thumbnails/10.1055-s-0028-1098462-1.jpg)
Summary
Case report of a methylcellulose foreign body simulating esophageal carcinoma on X-ray examination. Esophagoscopic extraction of the friable material failed as did suction. The foreign body was finally pushed into the stomach with a fibergastroscope. Re-evaluation of the esophagus by esophagoscopy and radiology revealed no organic cause for the obstruction.
Key-Words
Foreign body impaction in the esophagus - methylcellulose - esophagoscopy