Esophageal stricture with a pseudodiverticulum caused by the unrecognized ingestion of a small foreign body in a child: report of a case

Keiichi Uchida; Mikihiro Inoue; Naomi Konishi; Masato Kusunoki

doi:10.1007/s00595-005-3016-5

Esophageal stricture with a pseudodiverticulum caused by the unrecognized ingestion of a small foreign body in a child: report of a case

Surg Today. 2005;35(9):774-7. doi: 10.1007/s00595-005-3016-5.

Authors

Keiichi Uchida¹, Mikihiro Inoue, Naomi Konishi, Masato Kusunoki

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.

PMID: 16133674
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-005-3016-5

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy with a long history of vomiting, dysphagia, and weight loss was found to have a rigid stricture in the proximal esophagus. We performed esophageal repair using a Livaditis circular myotomy technique. The removed section of esophagus contained the inflammatory stricture with a pseudodiverticulum, caused by the unrecognized ingestion of a small, hard plastic sticker.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Esophageal Stenosis / diagnosis
Esophageal Stenosis / etiology*
Esophageal Stenosis / surgery*
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Male