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case_images: Videoendoscopy showing denture deeply embedded in oesophageal wall with sloughing of mucosa on the right lateral wall (arrow).
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case_images: A repeat videoendoscopy at our hospital showed an impacted denture at 29 cms (from the incisor teeth) with adjacent mucosal sloughing (Figure 1) which could not be dislodged.
case_images: Leakage of oral contrast (arrow) from oesophagotomy repair site on CT scan.
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case_images: However, oral methylene blue administration resulted in bluish discolouration of the basal chest drain effluent suggesting a leak and was confirmed on a contrast CT scan (Figure 2).
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case_images: Intraoperative endoscopic transillumination to localize denture.
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case_images: The silhouetted denture from endoscopic transillumination enabled a precise oesophagotomy (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Longitudinal oesophagotomy to remove impacted denture.
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case_images: The silhouetted denture from endoscopic transillumination enabled a precise oesophagotomy (Figures 3 and 4).
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case_images: Large superior mediastinal abscess with multiple air pockets on CT scan.
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case_images: A CT scan confirmed mediastinal abscess with air pockets (Figure 5).