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Food Impaction in a 33-Year-Old Man
Link ID 8162
Title Food Impaction in a 33-Year-Old Man
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/17122?src=rss
Description A 33-year-old man presents to the ED after eating lunch complaining of “food stuck in my esophagus.” For the last few months, the patient has been experiencing worsening dysphagia; he has had problems with swallowing solid food since childhood. What condition is revealed on the endoscopic images? eMedicine Case Presentations
Category Articles > Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Date Aug 28, 2008
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