Abstract
Children and aged are the most commonly affected persons with foreign body in oesophagus. The case of oesophageal foreign body reported here is unique as the male infant remained undiagnosed for more than 12 days and presented without any history of swallowing of foreign body and or dysphagia. The other unusual features of this case were gradual increase in the number of oesophageal foreign bodies.
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Isser, D.K. Rare andunusual presentation of multiple oesophageal foreign bodies in infant. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 159–161 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907679
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907679