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Multiple Esophageal Foreign Bodies in an Infant: A Rare Case of Serious Parental Neglect

Author(s) -

Arunabha Chakravarti,

Sunil Garg,

Rahul Bhargava

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinics and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2039-7283

DOI - 10.4081/cp.2016.841

Subject(s) - neglect , medicine , foreign bodies , presentation (obstetrics) , foreign body , ingestion , foreign body ingestion , case presentation , pediatrics , developmental psychology , surgery , psychiatry , psychology

A case of multiple esophageal foreign bodies, which were retrieved successfully by rigid esophagoscopy in a 1-year old child is being reported. There are few cases of multiple esophageal foreign bodies in children reported in the literature; this case was unique in presentation as there was no history of foreign body ingestion. This case also highlights the serious neglect present in our society towards children of lower socio-economic strata despite this child being the 1^st child in the family

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