Monday, 21 April 2014

CASE 250: LOST of DENTAL PROSTHESIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM



Man 68 yo (photo) after  drinking a lot of  alcohol, he detected  lost of  dental prosthesis  and dysphasia and apnea,  like  cardiac  ischemia.




 He  came seeing cardiologist for dissolve his cardiac problem, but it was not getting better (echocardio image).






Chest XRay on PA  was normal, but  on LATERAL VIEW  there was something  in retrocardiac space (chest  XRay).



MSCT scan detected  foreign body in the midlle of his esophagus ( see 4 CT  pictures).






Endoscopy  detected at the middle esophagus  one dental  prosthesis made stuck  this site (see photo).



Treatment   emergency   at ENT  hospital. Endoscopy  removed  this  dental  prosthesis   that had lost 3 weeks  before.  Nasogastric  feeding, and wait for  progress. 

 

See  photo of dental prosthesis.


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