Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica

This is a case report of foreign body ingestion in a 55-year-old intellectually disabled man with a history of pica and previous removal of ten plastic gloves from his rectum four months prior to this presentation. The patient presented after ingesting plastic gloves which formed large, rigid esopha...

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Main Authors:	Holly Mulinder, Allison Ammann, Yana Puckett, Sharmila Dissanaike
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1934787

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spelling	doaj-201ecc5fc61349db9ee757437daba7f82020-11-24T23:19:43ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/19347871934787Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of PicaHolly Mulinder0Allison Ammann1Yana Puckett2Sharmila Dissanaike3Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USADepartment of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USADepartment of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USADepartment of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USAThis is a case report of foreign body ingestion in a 55-year-old intellectually disabled man with a history of pica and previous removal of ten plastic gloves from his rectum four months prior to this presentation. The patient presented after ingesting plastic gloves which formed large, rigid esophageal and gastric bezoars that were not amenable to endoscopic removal. An exploratory laparotomy and gastrostomy was performed, and a 10 × 4.5 × 2 cm gastric bezoar consisting of rigid plastic gloves was removed without complication. Special considerations must be taken when considering the ingestion of nonfood items in the intellectually disabled population as these cases may not present classically with symptoms of a gastric bezoar.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1934787
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author_facet	Holly Mulinder Allison Ammann Yana Puckett Sharmila Dissanaike
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title	Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica
title_short	Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica
title_full	Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica
title_fullStr	Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica
title_full_unstemmed	Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica
title_sort	case report of foreign body stuck in esophagus with failure of endoscopic management in a man with a history of pica
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Surgery
issn	2090-6900 2090-6919
publishDate	2017-01-01
description	This is a case report of foreign body ingestion in a 55-year-old intellectually disabled man with a history of pica and previous removal of ten plastic gloves from his rectum four months prior to this presentation. The patient presented after ingesting plastic gloves which formed large, rigid esophageal and gastric bezoars that were not amenable to endoscopic removal. An exploratory laparotomy and gastrostomy was performed, and a 10 × 4.5 × 2 cm gastric bezoar consisting of rigid plastic gloves was removed without complication. Special considerations must be taken when considering the ingestion of nonfood items in the intellectually disabled population as these cases may not present classically with symptoms of a gastric bezoar.
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Case Report of Foreign Body Stuck in Esophagus with Failure of Endoscopic Management in a Man with a History of Pica

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