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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
Published on: September 11, 2018
Protein energy malnutrition revealing an esophageal foreign body
Yao Mathurin Kouassi1, Bi Tah Sylvain Vroh, Fataho Buraima
1Yopougon University Hospital, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, 21 BP 632 Abidjan 21, Cote d'Ivoire. mathurinkouassi@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
It is not unusual for a foreign body to be swallowed and be lodged in the esophagus. It is however, very unusual for such a foreign body to remain lodged for a period of 8 months. This particular case, a 15-month-old male infant, is under focus because of the time length the foreign body remained in the esophagus without local complications, what is unusual is a protein energy malnutrition complication. The neck and chest X-ray permitted the foreign body identification. The management of esophageal foreign body requires a multidisciplinary approach among otorhinolaryngologist, radiologist and pediatrician.
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