Delayed diagnosis of esophageal perforation by aluminum foreign bodies.
Two pediatric patients presented with long-term respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints after swallowing aluminum poptops. The delay in diagnosis was due in part to poor appreciation of the relative radiolucency of aluminum.
D000535:Aluminum; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors
D000535:Aluminum