Whole esophagus deep burn is an extremely rare upper gastrointestinal tract disease. We report a case of severe burns of involving extensive body skin, eyes, throat, and esophagus. Endoscopic examination revealed acute necrotizing esophagitis and detected a metal foreign body in the stomach. The patient underwent burn wound debridement with analgesia, anti-shock rehydration, anti-infection, and symptomatic treatments, which failed to improve the conditions. The patient died of respiratory and circulatory failure secondary to serious sepsis.
Burns ; complications ; Esophagus ; injuries ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Stomach

Aged ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; complications

Esophageal Diseases ; complications ; Esophagus ; pathology ; Female ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Hematoma ; complications ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pharyngeal Diseases ; complications ; Pharynx ; pathology

Adult ; Facial Nerve Injuries ; etiology ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Parotid Gland

Penetrating ocular injuries with retined intraocular foreign bodies(IOFB) may result in significant visual morbidity. Although appropriate use of microsurgical and vitreoretinal surgical techniques can salvage a high percentage of even the most severely traumatized globes with retained IOFB, questions remain about optimal care for these eyes. The authors analysed the results and prognostic factors in 78 cases of penetrating oculr injuries with retained IOFB who were managed at the Pusan National University Hospital from Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1989. The majority of patients were young adult males in their twenties and thirties. The nature of the IOFB was mostly a magnetic property(88.5%), and the causes of injury were hammering in 67.9% of all cases. The majority of the size of IOFB(maximal length) was over 2mm, and most of the IOFB(75.6%) was located at the posterior segment of the eyeball; and the larger the object, the more it was posteriorly located. Success rate of IOFB removal was 91.0%, and 59.0% of all cases were removed through pars plana. Preoperative complications included cataract(48.7%), vitreous hemorrhage(38.5%), and the most common postoperative complication was retinal detachment(10.3%). In our study, better visual result was obtained in cases of better initial visual acuity, smaller size of IOFB, shorter retention time of IOFB in eyeball, and anterior rather than posterior location of the IOFB in the eyeball.
Busan ; Foreign Bodies* ; Humans ; Male ; Postoperative Complications ; Retinaldehyde ; Visual Acuity ; Young Adult

Penetrating ocular injuries with intraretinal foreign body(IRFB) are increasing and may result in significant visual morbidity. We evaluated retrospectively 22 eyes of 22 patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy for removal of IRFB at Dong-a University Hospital from July 1990 to June 1996. The majority of patients were adult male(95.5%). The nature of all IRFB was magnetic property and the causes of injury were hammering and cutting work(77.3%). Preoperatively, eyes were complicated with vitreous hemorrhage and opacity(59.1%), traumatic cataract(45.%), retinal detachment(36.4%), and corneal opacity(22.7%). Postoperative complications included vitreous hemorrhage and opacity(36.4%), retinal detachment(22.7%), and proliferative vitreoretinopathy(18.2%). In our study, poor visual prognosis was obtained in cases of corneal entrance site, IRFB larger than 2mm in size, IRFB located posterior to equator and IRFB associated with retinal detachment.
Adult ; Foreign Bodies* ; Humans ; Postoperative Complications ; Prognosis ; Retinal Detachment ; Retinaldehyde ; Retrospective Studies ; Vitrectomy* ; Vitreous Hemorrhage

Posttraumatic foreign bodies in the heart or great vessels is rare, which may cause cardiac tamponade, bleeding, shock, infection, embolism, arrhythmia, valve dysfunction, etc. The foreign bodies can be removed by surgery or percutaneous intervention. In this report we reviewed our experience in managing posttraumatic foreign bodies in 13 patients at our institution from 1992 to 2002.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aorta ; injuries ; Female ; Foreign Bodies ; etiology ; Heart Injuries ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Bronchi ; Bronchogenic Cyst ; complications ; congenital ; Child, Preschool ; Foreign Bodies ; Humans ; Male

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cervical Vertebrae ; abnormalities ; Esophagus ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Humans ; Male

A few previous reports have described cases wherein electrical wire cables were inserted into the male urethra and bladder. Electrical wire cables are available at home and are easy to insert. However, after they coil in the patient's bladder, they are difficult to remove. In February 2013, a 30-year-old man presented to the emergency room of SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center with a urethral foreign body. He had inserted an electrical wire cable into his urethra for the purpose of masturbation, despite having a regular sex partner and no underlying disease. A kidney-ureter-bladder radiography showed a tangled wire in his bladder and urethra. On the next day, we tried to remove the wire cystoscopically, but this proved to be impossible because of complex coiling and the slippery surface of the wire. A Pfannenstiel incision was made to remove the foreign body. No postoperative complications were noted.
Adult ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Foreign Bodies ; Humans ; Male ; Masturbation ; Postoperative Complications ; Radiography ; Urethra ; Urinary Bladder