2019 Volume 61 Issue 2 Pages 151-155
After a 60-year-old woman swallowed a fish bone, she continued to have cervical discomfort. Three days later, she was admitted to our hospital because her symptom did not improve. Computed tomography revealed a high-density linear area in the esophagus, which was judged to be a fish bone. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed esophageal mucosal edema and a fish bone that had become lodged in the esophageal submucosa. After endoscopic mucosal resection and submucosal dissection, the fish bone became visible, and the fish bone could be removed under endoscopy, which obviated the need for surgical procedures. Since we experienced a case of endoscopic removal of a fish bone lodged in the esophageal submucosa, such a procedure may be an alternative as a treatment of foreign body removal from the esophagus.
