Foreign Body Ingestion: An Unusual Case in a Patient with Dementia. 2023

Soham Shah, and Attila Nemeth
Medical School, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA.

Foreign body ingestion is a problem seen frequently in the emergency department, particularly in children. In this case report, we present an uncommon example: foreign body ingestion in an elderly patient with a history of dementia. This patient's symptoms of dysphagia, cough, and pooling secretions in the posterior oral cavity suggested food impaction, and after further investigation, coins were found in the upper and middle esophagus. Most of the coins were removed, the patient was monitored, and outpatient follow-up was organized to ensure the safe elimination of all the coins. This case illustrates the importance of having a high pretest probability for certain diagnoses based upon how specific patient populations present.

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