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Migration of a foreign body through the oesophageal wall is a rare and serious complication of foreign-body ingestion. We report a well 4-year-old child with such an extra-luminal oesophageal foreign body lying wholly within the mediastinum. The importance of detailed pre-operative assessment is emphasised.
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Wiersma, R., Hadley, G.P. & Patterson, H. Extraluminal oesophageal foreign body. Pediatr Surg Int 9, 516–517 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179457
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179457