Steakhouse Syndrome Caused by a Walnut Half: A Case Report
- VernacularTitle:クルミによるステーキハウス症候群の1例
- Author:
Koji TAKAHASHI
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- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2021;70(1):76-78
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: An 85-year-old man who developed sudden neck pain after ingesting walnuts visited our hospital. Computed tomography showed food impaction in the cervical esophagus. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a walnut half that was not chewed at all in the cervical esophagus. The walnut half was pushed into the stomach with the endoscope and removed using a retrieval net. No strictures, neoplastic lesions, or ulcerations were found in the esophagus. The neck pain improved after the procedure.
