Open AccessGrowth retardation due to undiagnosed foreign body oesophagus
Author(s) -
Sumanta Kumar Dutta,
Soma Ghosh,
D. M. Munsi,
Pushpanjali Giri
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02907681
Subject(s) - otorhinolaryngology , medicine , head and neck surgery , foreign body , neurosurgery , growth retardation , general surgery , surgery , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Foreign body oesophagus, specially, coin is not very uncommon in children. But an undiagnosed old foreign body (coin) presented with growth retardation and swallowing in a peculiar posture, which has to be removed by thoracotomy-a case report.