[Diagnostic image (69). Foreign body in the proximal esophagus].
In a 15-months-old girl with progressive anorexia and swallowing difficulties X-ray investigation revealed pneumonia and a disc battery in the proximal oesophagus.
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Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Amsterdam, Kindergeneeskunde, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam. ej.griendt@vumc.nl
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D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography