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Case Reports
. 2010 Dec;6(12):793-5.

A foreign body larger than the overtube diameter: a case of a large cow foot bone causing esophageal impaction

Arun Swaminath  1 , Aimee Lee Lucas, Kristina Capiak, Amrita Sethi, Reuben Garcia-Carrasquillo
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A foreign body larger than the overtube diameter: a case of a large cow foot bone causing esophageal impaction

Arun Swaminath et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2010 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Neck plain film revealing a radiopaque foreign body in the esophagus (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Endoscopic view of the cow foot bone after it was snared with a Roth net.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A schematic of the successful maneuvering of the bone into the distal tip of the overtube, which allowed for the bone's successful retrieval.
Figure 4
Figure 4
The longest dimension of the retrieved cow foot bone measured 2.6 cm (shown above with overtube measurement markers).
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