Migration of a gastric bezoar to esophagus: A rare cause of acute dysphagia


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Ayyıldız T., YILDIRIM B.

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Turkey), cilt.38, sa.3, ss.387-388, 2021 (Scopus) identifier

Özet

Sudden onset of dysphagia due to a gastric bezoar migrating to the esophagus is a relatively rare condition. A 72-year-old male patient with known gastric bezoar presented with sudden difficulty swallowing following nausea and vomiting caused by adhesive ileus. Gastroscopic examination showed a bezoar and associated compression ulcers in the esophagus. The bezoar was pushed towards the stomach and extracted by successful endoscopic fragmentation.