Cervical esophagotomy for removal of an ingested clam shell: a very uncommon foreign body ingestion
OBJECTIVE:
To report the removal of an ingested clam shell that was firmly impacted in the esophagus.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION:
A 77-year-old man presented at our hospital with acute dysphagia after eating a seafood risotto. An urgent dedicated examination (noncontrast helical multislice computed tomography scan of the neck and flexible esophagoscopy) detected a clam shell lodged in the upper esophagus. After several unsuccessful endoscopic attempts, a lifesaving cervical esophagotomy was performed and the foreign body was retrieved.
CONCLUSION: