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An accidentally inhated Foreign body (A metallic coiled spring) inside the Larynx of a 7 year female child has been studied. It remained almost asymptomatic for 3 days before detection and removal.
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Hazra, T.K., Dandapath, A. & Maitra, N. A coiled metallic spring in the Larynx. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 45, 216–217 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052489
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