1. Protein energy malnutrition revealing an esophageal foreign body.
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Kouassi YM, Vroh BT, Buraima F, Toure A, and Tanon-Anoh MJ
- Subjects
- Foreign Bodies diagnostic imaging, Humans, Infant, Male, Radiography, Esophagus diagnostic imaging, Foreign Bodies complications, Protein-Energy Malnutrition etiology
- Abstract
It is not unusual for a foreign body to be swallowed and be lodged in the esophagus. It is however, very unusual for such a foreign body to remain lodged for a period of 8 months. This particular case, a 15-month-old male infant, is under focus because of the time length the foreign body remained in the esophagus without local complications, what is unusual is a protein energy malnutrition complication. The neck and chest X-ray permitted the foreign body identification. The management of esophageal foreign body requires a multidisciplinary approach among otorhinolaryngologist, radiologist and pediatrician., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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