Swallowing of a denture resulting in perforation of the hypopharynx – a case report

Zofia Krawczyk; Maciej Krawczyk; Andrzej Balcerowiak; Jacek Banaszewski

eISSN: 2084-9842
ISSN: 1643-9279

Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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1/2023
vol. 22

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Case report

Swallowing of a denture resulting in perforation of the hypopharynx – a case report

Zofia Krawczyk

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Maciej Krawczyk

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Andrzej Balcerowiak

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Jacek Banaszewski

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Centrum Medyczne HCP Szpital im. św. Jana Pawła II w Poznaniu
Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Online publish date: 2023/05/22

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Swallowing a foreign body is one of the reasons of patients’ urgent referral to the hospital. Proper diagnostics allows visualization of the swallowed object and planning of treatment, including endoscopy and surgery. Due to the possibility of potentially life-threatening complications following pharyngeal and esophageal foreign body extraction procedures, the patient should always be carefully monitored for symptoms suggesting adverse events for further appropriate diagnostic and management. We present a case report of a 47-year-old patient who, after successful endoscopic removal of a large denture from the hypopharynx, was found to have a perforation of the left piriform recess.

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Swallowing of a denture resulting in perforation of the hypopharynx – a case report

Zofia Krawczyk 1 , Maciej Krawczyk 2 , Andrzej Balcerowiak 2 , Jacek Banaszewski 2

foreign body, pharynx perforation, denture, hypopharynx

Zofia Krawczyk

¹

,

Maciej Krawczyk

²

,

Andrzej Balcerowiak

²

,

Jacek Banaszewski

²