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Foreign body in the oesophagus with acute retropharyngeal abscess

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Foreign body in the oesophagus is not uncommon but such cases rarely come with huge acute retropharyngeal abscess formation. One such rare case is presented here.

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  1. Mines Central Hospital TISCO, Noamundi-833217 Bihar

    M. K. Sen

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Sen, M.K. Foreign body in the oesophagus with acute retropharyngeal abscess. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 45, 171–172 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054733

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