Left: Portion of a hotdog lodged in the distal esophagus of a 63 year-old man with severe dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), which began shortly after a meal 48 hours previously. A barium swallow had been performed, imparting a white hue to the esophagus and the foreign body.
Right: Wedding ring inadvertently ingested by a 102 year-old woman.


Left: Four tablets trapped above a benign esophageal stricture, in an 81 year-old man with chronic reflux disease.
Right: Procardia tablet matrix trapped above a distal esophageal stricture in a 53 year-old woman with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease; small diverticula are also noted.


71 year-old man with esophageal obstruction by a meat bolus impacted in a lower esophageal (Schatzki) ring. The ring is seen on the right after endoscopic extraction of the food bolus.


Extraction of a large, obstructing meat bolus from the esophagus of a 41 year-old man, using a tripod grasping forceps.