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Occult foreign bodies in the aero digestive tracts in infancy

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Foreign body impaction in aero digestive tract in infancy is difficult to diagnose sometimes. In this review of five unusual cases of occult foreign body impaction in aero digestive tract has been presented and their management discussed

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  1. Dept of ENT, Medical College, Kolkata, India

    Somnath Saha, Saibal Mishra, D. D. Chakraborty, Subhabrata Sengupta & A. R. Mondal

  2. Sundaram Apartments Barat, Lake Town, Calcutta, 700 089, India

    Somnath Saha

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Saha, S., Mishra, S., Chakraborty, D.D. et al. Occult foreign bodies in the aero digestive tracts in infancy. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck S 60, 37–40 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-008-0012-2

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