Open AccessDifficulties in treating esophageal foreign bodies in children
Author(s) -
Corneliu Toader,
Alina Oprea,
Anca Simona Constantin,
Liviu Niculescu,
Mioriţa Toader,
Mircea Drăghici,
Dragoș Octavian Palade
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-606X
pISSN - 1220-5478
DOI - 10.37897/rmj.2015.3.21
Subject(s) - esophagus , foreign bodies , foreign body , medicine , computer science , anatomy , surgery
The ingress of foreign bodies in the esophagus is relatively easy and, at the same time, frequently, especially during the childhood. Children usually carry to their mouth within easy reach, different objects: seeds, pits/kernels, coins, buttons, food pieces, toys’ pieces, tiny toys, pins, drawing pins, rings, earrings, etc. We present a case of a multiple esophageal foreign body, at which, only the attention and accuracy with which the esophagoscopy was proceeded, has allowed the extraction of the foreign body.