A 36 y.o. patient was admitted to the hospital with sharp pain in substernal area following occasional swallowing of a fish bone. On esophagoscopy the foreign body wasn't revealed. The pain increased and localized between scapulas. In a day temperature elevated, condition became worse, dysphagia intensified. What complication has developed?

Answer options

1. Obstruction of esophagus
2. Esophageal hemorrhage
3. Perforation of esophagus with mediasti-nitis
4. Pulmonary atelectasis
5. Aspirative pneumonia

Explanation

A 36 y.o. patient was admitted to the hospital with sharp pain in substernal area following occasional swallowing of a fish bone. On esophagoscopy the foreign body wasn’t revealed. The pain increased and localized between scapulas. In a day temperature elevated, condition became worse, dysphagia intensified. What complication has developed?Fishbone pierced through the