Esophageal Foreign Body on POCUS

A linear probe placed over anterior neck, left of midline & just below thyroid cartilage. Esophagus is displaced leftward & distended. 
Esophageal foreign body is high in the ddx. A double trachea sign looks similar to this in the setting of esophageal intubation.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

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Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD @eusmkh · 2 years ago
UCONN Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound Fellowship Yale 2011. Family, patients, education, running = my life. https://twitter.com/EUSmkh | https://www.instagram.com/eus_mkh/
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