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Foreign body in the oesophagus visible in an anterior-posterior X-ray image of the chest
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During the stay in the district hospital, which directly preceded hospitalization in the Clinic where the boy was directed due to increase in vomiting, laboratory tests showed increased ESR (40 mm/h), and on an anterior-posterior (Figure 1) and lateral (Figure 2) chest image, a round metallic shadow of 2 cm in diameter, in the oesophagus, could be seen.
Foreign body in the oesophagus visible in a lateral X-ray image of the chest
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During the stay in the district hospital, which directly preceded hospitalization in the Clinic where the boy was directed due to increase in vomiting, laboratory tests showed increased ESR (40 mm/h), and on an anterior-posterior (Figure 1) and lateral (Figure 2) chest image, a round metallic shadow of 2 cm in diameter, in the oesophagus, could be seen.
A nick, made by using endoscopic scissors, in the mucous membrane fold that covered the "oesophageal sack" containing the battery
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After unsuccessful attempts at catching the foreign body, or after its slipping from various endoscopic tools (Dormia basket, Roth-net, rat-tooth), the battery was ultimately caught and removed from the oesophagus by using alligator jaw forceps (Figures 3 and 4).
The battery in the "oesophageal sack" caught with alligator jaw forceps
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After unsuccessful attempts at catching the foreign body, or after its slipping from various endoscopic tools (Dormia basket, Roth-net, rat-tooth), the battery was ultimately caught and removed from the oesophagus by using alligator jaw forceps (Figures 3 and 4).
The lithium battery of 20 mm in diameter, labelled CR 2032, removed from the oesophagus
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The removed button lithium battery was 20 mm in diameter and was labelled CR 2032 3 Volt (Figure 5).
Stricture and deformation of the oesophageal lumen 10 days after endoscopic removal of the battery
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An endoscopic examination of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, which was performed 10 days later, in the location where the foreign body was lodged, in the oesophagus, adenomatous lesions were found, which narrowed and deformed the oesophageal lumen (Figure 6).