Metal impaction: an unusual cause of dysphagia.

A 41-year-old unemployed construction worker with a background of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease stage 3, previous incisor tooth abscess aged 9, for which he was fitted with metal dentures, underwent a right below knee amputation. Postoperative day 8 he experienced episodes of dysphagia and vomiting postparandial. CT thorax revealed a foreign body in the midline region of the mediastinum. After two failed attempts at endoscopic extraction of the metal denture, the patient underwent surgical extraction of his metal denture.