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Oesophageal Obstruction from a Pharmacobezoar Resulting in Death
Katrine Elisabeth Mortensen1, Julie Munkholm2, Kim Peder Dalhoff3,4
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
|August 28, 2016
Abstract:
Formation of an intestinal pharmacobezoar is a rare condition. It may form after intake of various oral pharmaceutical preparations of drugs, both as a result of an acute overdose and through chronic use of therapeutic doses of a drug. We report a case with a patient presenting with an oesophageal pharmacobezoar and complete obstruction of the oesophagus and severe toxic symptoms and death related to oral ingestion of multiple drugs.