Development of an esophageal stricture following paradichlorobenzene mothball ingestion

Marisa Laughrey; Molly Kidder; Desiree Rivera; Michael Wilsey; Sara Karjoo

doi:10.1177/2050313X20974210

Development of an esophageal stricture following paradichlorobenzene mothball ingestion

SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020 Nov 13:8:2050313X20974210. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20974210. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Marisa Laughrey¹, Molly Kidder², Desiree Rivera³, Michael Wilsey^{2

3}, Sara Karjoo^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, FL, USA.
² Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
³ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

Abstract

A 2-year-old patient presented with a paradichlorobenzene mothball ingestion. The foreign body was removed with a straight Miller blade and a curved Allis clamp. Two weeks following the removal of the mothball, the patient developed solid food dysphagia due to an esophageal stricture. This complication after a short exposure to mothballs is unreported in the literature to date, making this a unique and interesting case. In addition, a comparison of the clinical presentation and treatment of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene mothballs was reviewed in this article.

Keywords: Paradichlorobenzene; dysphagia; esophageal stricture; mothball; naphthalene.

Publication types

Case Reports