A 45-year male patient presented to the ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ OPD at KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC with an alleged history of swallowing a foreign body with complaints of breathing difficulty, throat pain and painful swallowing.
He had shown to a local doctor and had a X-ray of his chest with his neck that showed an image of ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐ in his neck!!
Later detailed history taking revealed that he drank holy water with an idol immersed in it every morning and this day, Alas! accidentally he had swallowed the lord himself..!!
OPD basis endoscopy confirmed this diagnosis and the patient was rushed for emergency surgery to remove the foreign body, it was a challenging case as the left foot of the lordโs idol was stuck in the patient’s food pipe and had to be freed.
After great difficulty and maneuvering the entire idol was finally removed by endoscopy through the mouth with immediate relief of symptoms!!
๐๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐ and ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก with Anesthetist ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ performed this complex procedure.
