| Titre |
Voluntary Ingestion of a Cola Nut Stuck into the Esophagus: An Unusual Foreign Body (FB) |
| Auteurs |
Lawani ismail [1],
GBESSI GASPARD DANSOU [2],
KPOSSOU ABOUDOU RAÏMY [3],
IMOROU S. YACOUBOU [4],
GNANGNON FREDDY HOUEHANOU RODRIGUE [5],
DOSSOU FRANCIS MOÏSE DJIDÉNOU [6],
MEHINTO KUASSI DELPHIN [7],
OLORY-TOGBE JEAN-LÉON TOUSSAINT [8],
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| Journal: |
Surgical Science |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
0 |
| Volume Journal: |
7 |
| DOI: |
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| Resume |
The cola nut (Cola nitida), is a rare foreign body. Its voluntary ingestion, for ritual practices, is a
situation of exceptional occurrence, and jamming it in the esophagus is a therapeutic emergency.
Here, we report the case of an adult patient, with a cola nut measuring 3 cm in diameter swallowed
for a ritual purpose, jammed at the bottom of his esophagus. A surgical extraction was performed
by gastrostomy after a failed attempt of endoscopic extraction. There ensued a complication of a
left-esophageal fistula. The various aspects of this case are analyzed in the light of the literature
review. |
| Mots clés |
Foreign Body, Esophagus, Cola Nut, Gastrostomy |
| Pages |
239 - 243 |
| Fichier |
(PDF) |