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. 2022 Jan 28;30(1):136-137.
doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.21596. eCollection 2022 Jan.

A rare case of esophageal foreign bodies

Ömer Topaloğlu  1 , Ali Akdoğan  2 , Sami Karapolat  1 , Atila Türkyılmaz  1
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A rare case of esophageal foreign bodies

Ömer Topaloğlu et al. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. .
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Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. (a) A round-shaped lesion in the right superior mediastinum is visible on posteroanterior chest roentgenogram. (b) Two spherical foreign bodies, one above the other, in the esophagus are detected in the coronal plane of thoracic computed tomography.
Figure 2
Figure 2. (a) A foreign body is visible in the esophagotomy incision. (b) Whole walnut extracted from the same incision. (c) Image of the patient identification wristband and walnut extracted. (d) Oxygen saturation probe extracted by way of esophagoscopy.
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