Esophageal bottle cap impaction in adult: A case report
Chronic ethanol-nicotine co-use may blunt pharyngeal sensitivity and delay symptom onset, increasing the risk of large non-food esophageal foreign-body impaction. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for foreign-body impaction in substance-using adults, even in the absence of immediate symptoms or structural disease.
Authors
- Kun Luo
- Haibo Liu
- Guangchuan Shen
Institutions
- Xinjiang Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (CN)
- Chengdu Second People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000046538
- Primary Topic
- Foreign Body Medical Cases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00