[A child with an oesophageal foreign body for 1.5 years]

Christiaan F Mooij; Annelies M Zwitserloot; Marc H W A Wijnen; Gerard M Damen; Henri A M Marres; Jan-Bart Yntema

[A child with an oesophageal foreign body for 1.5 years]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2010:154:A1482.

[Article in Dutch]

Authors

Christiaan F Mooij¹, Annelies M Zwitserloot, Marc H W A Wijnen, Gerard M Damen, Henri A M Marres, Jan-Bart Yntema

Affiliation

¹ UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, the Netherlands. c.mooij@cukz.umcn.nl

PMID: 20719004

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy presented with a 1.5-year history of recurrent cough, wheeze and feeding problems. An x-ray of the thorax and an oesophagogram showed constriction of the trachea and proximal portion of the oesophagus. On endoscopy a foreign body was found, embedded in extensive granulation tissue. This could only be removed surgically via oesophagotomy, and turned out to be a plastic toy coin.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Esophagus*
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Humans
Male
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome