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To the Editor: Dysphagia has many causes, including mechanical obstruction and neurologic disorders. Foreign bodies occasionally cause dysphagia, especially in the elderly and in children.¹ Usually, however, dysphagia does not improve without treatment of the underlying condition. I recently cared for an elderly woman with a peculiar cause of dysphagia that was promptly relieved by an episode of emesis.

A previously healthy elderly woman admitted to the hospital because of anemia was found to have colonic carcinoma. She underwent an uneventful hemicolectomy with a primary anastomosis. A nasogastric tube was inserted after surgery and removed 48 hours later. Bowel function . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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