title: Radiographic diagnosis of foreign bodies in the oesophagus.
abstract: In a group of patients suspected of harbouring a foreign body in the oesophagus, the diagnostic accuracy of radiographic examination is found to be high. Only 1 of 243 patients examined by radiography presented a false negative result.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography