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Arch Dis Child 2003;88:1017-1018 doi:10.1136/adc.88.11.1017
  • Acute paediatrics

Dysphagia caused by a foreign body

  1. M P Hiorns,
  2. N Patwardhan,
  3. L Spitz
  1. Institute of Child Health, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Prof. L Spitz
    Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; l.spitzich.ucl.ac.uk
  • Accepted 11 February 2003

Abstract

A boy with a long history of dysphagia attributed to neurological impairment was shown to have a large oesophageal foreign body. It had remained undetected for five years as a central lumen allowed the passage of liquids and semisolids. Foreign bodies must be excluded in children with dysphagia.

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