Oesophageal foreign body presenting with stridor associated with feeding
- 1Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 2Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Correspondence to Dr Malcolm Brodlie, c/o Paediatric Respiratory Secretaries, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; m.j.brodlie{at}ncl.ac.uk
- Received 18 October 2012
- Revised 27 November 2012
- Accepted 24 December 2012
- Published Online First 17 January 2013
A 19-month-old girl was referred with intermittent biphasic stridor that occurred after feeding. The stridor was first noted at the age of 9 months, coinciding with the introduction of more solid weaning foods. There was a history of a choking episode while playing with a polystyrene toy plane around this time. After the episode, she was assessed acutely at her local hospital and discharged following a normal chest radiograph and examination. Feeding problems then progressed over time with regurgitation of solid foods along with stridor after feeding.
She was reviewed in a clinic and listed for examination of her airway under …
