LATE-ONSET TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA FOLLOWING A SWALLOWED DENTAL PLATE

Authors
RAJESH PB GOITI JJ
Citation
Pb. Rajesh et Jj. Goiti, LATE-ONSET TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA FOLLOWING A SWALLOWED DENTAL PLATE, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 7(12), 1993, pp. 661-662
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10107940
Volume
7
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
661 - 662
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(1993)7:12<661:LTFFAS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Swallowing dentures and dental plates has been a cause of distress amo ng elderly patients. Tracheo-oesophageal fistula caused by a foreign b ody is rare and of the cases reported in the literature only one was d ue to a swallowed denture which resulted in a recurrent laryngeal nerv e palsy 141. We describe a delayed onset tracheo-oesophageal fistula d ue to a swallowed dental plate in a young patient.