[Esophageal foreign body revealed by respiratory distress]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 2014 Aug;70(4):245-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2013.05.009. Epub 2013 Sep 17.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Ingestion of a foreign body is usually accidental in children. Respiratory symptoms, often favored by the persistence of the foreign body in the esophagus, can be revealing, but rarely respiratory distress as a method telling. We report a case of unrecognized esophageal foreign body revealed by respiratory distress.

Keywords: Child; Corps étranger œsophagien méconnu; Détresse respiratoire; Enfant; Respiratory distress; Unrecognized esophageal foreign body.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Esophagus*
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / surgery