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Impacted food bolus (chicken) in the lower esophagus at 35 cm from the incisors.
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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed and impacted meat, approximately 6 cm in diameter, was visible in the lower third of the esophagus at 35 cm from the incisors (Figure 1).
Impacted bolus cast in lower esophagus after multiple removal attempts at 35 cm from the incisors.
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Multiple attempts, over the course of several hours, to relieve the food bolus with Roth Net retrievers, biopsy forceps, tripod forceps and dilation balloons were also unsuccessful (Figure 2).
Food bolus in the gastric antrum.
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Repeat EGD performed the following day showed that the food bolus had spontaneously passed (Figure 3).