title: [Tracheal compression caused by a foreign body in the esophagus].
abstract: A two-year-old girl presented with a four month history of chronic cough and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. Reduction of appetite and especially refuse of solid food was accompanied with weight loss of 3 kg over a period of four months. Therapy with beta 2 adrenergic drugs, theophyllines and antibiotics proved ineffective. Both inspiratory and expiratory stridor were noted, prominently during eating. On the chest radiograph a coin shaped foreign body in the upper part of the esophagus was found, leading to a compression of the trachea.
authors.affiliation: Kinderabteilung der Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riedler
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Trachealkompression durch einen Fremdkörper im Oesophagus.