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Computed tomography of the neck and Chest, axial slices: patchy areas of subpleural ground glass opacities with vascular dilatation associated with bilateral anterior and posterobasal, consolidations with air bronchogram, Featuring overlapping imaging characteristics of aspiration and covid 19 pneumonia.
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Computed tomography of the neck and Chest showed patchy areas of subpleural ground glass opacities with vascular dilatation associated with bilateral posterobasal and anterior consolidations with air bronchogram (Fig. 1), Featuring overlapping imaging characteristics of aspiration and covid 19 pneumonia.
Computed tomography of the neck and Chest: oesophageal endoluminal foreign body.
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The CT scan also showed an oesophageal hypodensity consistant with endoluminal foreign body (Fig. 2).
Picture of the foreign body retracted from the oesophagus: impacted food bolus.
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The treatment regimen was ventilatory support, high-flow oxygen, the patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/RTV), and Azythromycin.Under general anesthesia and following the Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 pandemic, an esophagoscopy was realized, a foreign body visualized in the upper sphincter of the esophagus and an impacted food bolus was retracted (Fig. 3).