[Foreign bodies of the esophagus in the adult: report of 26 cases]. / Corps etrangers de l'oesophage chez l'adulte: à propos de 26 cas.

INTRODUCTION: The foreign bodies of the oesophagus see each other at any age. They are more frequent at the child's than at the adult. The cutting foreign bodies can constitute an urgency because of the risk of oesophagienne perforing or bleeding. OBJECTIVE: Bring report the epidemiological and clinical profile of the foreign bodies of the oesophagus in our practice, and underline the difficulties of coverage(care) at the adult. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A forward-looking study was realized of April, 2007 in Mars 2009 in the service ENT of the University hospital (CHU) Gabriel TOURE of Bamako concerning 26 grown-up patients presenting a foreign body of the oesophagus. RESULTS: Both sexes are affected in a equivalent way. The average age was of 32 years with extremes of 15 years and 65 years. The patients from 31 to 45 years old were the most touched. The false tooth was the foreign body most frequently met (58 %). Three patients presented complications has type of oesophagienne perforing (2) and of oeso-trachéale fistula (1) the outcome of which was fatal afterward. The oesophagoscopie in the stiff tube under general anesthesia allowed to extract 92 % of the foreign bodies. CONCLUSION: The foreign body of the oesophagus is a pathology so frequent at the adult and the diagnosis is mostly evident. Among the foreign bodies, false teeth raised problems of therapeutic coverage. The prevention passes by the regular medical supervision of false teeth, the training formation of the staff, the improvement of the technical trayp, and a good education of the patient.

[Medical handicap and otorhinolaryngologic foreign bodies about 4 original cases]. / Handicap et Corps Etrangers ORL, a propos de quatre observations originales.

The multiple variant of aero-digestive foreign bodies' pathology determine many complex aspects with regard to their physiopathology, nature, and their location. The presence of a medical handicap or any particular condition could increase morbidity and expose to major risks. We are reporting here about 4 cases including an esophagus foreign body in a leprosies patient, an esophago-gastric case in a mental disorder patient, and two laryngeal-tracheal-bronchial cases during epileptic episodes. From the rarity of such accidents in an adult to their happening during a loss of consciousness or a delirious state, the clinical history is always missing. The symptoms are atypical and may misguide. The classical penetration syndrome cannot be reported. Only a clinical examination carefully conducted and completed with targeted para clinical examinations can help make early diagnosis. Endoscopy of the Esophagus on one hand, and endoscopy of the trachea and lungs on the other hand were used to extract these foreign bodies.

[Foreign body in the pharynx incidentally found]. / Corps etranger du pharynx de decouverte fortuite.

Diagnosis and therapeutic of foreign bodies of the oropharynx are not difficult in general. The diagnosis is usually obvious for the adult. We report a case of foreign body of the oropharynx observed in a patient, psychologically stable, which occurred two months after a traumatism. The patient was not aware of the existence of the foreign body. It was extracted two months after the accident by endo-oral track under general anaesthesia. The nature of the foreign body, the fortuity of its discovery and its presence for a long time reported here are of interest.

Corps etranger du pharynx de decouverte fortuite

Les corps etrangers de l'oropharynx posent rarement de difficultes tant sur le plan diagnostic que therapeutique. Le diagnostic est le plus souvent evident chez l'adulte. Nous rapportons un cas de corps etranger de l'oropharynx observe chez un patient; psychologiquement stable; au decours d'un traumatisme. Le patient a ete admis dans un tableau de dysphagie 2 mois apres le traumatisme. Le corps etranger etait meconnu par le patient. Il a ete extrait par voie endo-buccale sous anesthesie generale 2 mois apres le traumatisme. La nature; la decouverte fortuite et la longue duree de sejour rapportees ici en constituent l'interet

[Otorhinolaryngology pathologies and HIV/AIDS. Apropos of 19 cases]. / Pathologies ORL et VIH/SIDA. A propos de 19 cas.

This work is the result of a retrospective study carried out over three months, from February to April 2002 in the ENT service of Gabriel Touré hospital of Bamako (Mali). The purpose of the study was to find out the prevalence of HIV/aids among ENT patients over the study period. Out of 691 patients, there were 19 cases of seropositivity (2.7%). These seropositive patients were quite often young women, over half of them urban (16/19), jobless and unpaid. The oro-pharyngo-laryngology symptoms though not often obvious in the HIV/AIDS manifestations deserve to be studied more as they can point out possible screening.