Prolonged foreign body impaction in the oesophagus
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 57 (7) , 551-553
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.7.551
Abstract
The severe consequences of prolonged impaction in the oesophagus of a fairly radiolucent foreign object (aluminium can top) in 2 children are reported. The value of endoscopy in cases of unexplained dysphagia, even in the presence of normal radiographic examination, is stressed.Keywords
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