[Severe asthma due to an esophageal foreign body in a child].
A 4-year-old boy had infantile bronchial asthma resistant to treatment. He was referred for a febrile respiratory distress which led to the diagnosis of periesophagus mediastinis mass with erosion of both contiguous vertebral discs. The oesophagogram showed a foreign body in an esophageal diverticulum. After its extraction, all pulmonary symptoms disappeared.
Lavarde
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Département de médecine de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, hôpital Sud, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35000 Rennes, France. dominique.lavarde@lmr.ap-hop-paris.fr
Deneuville
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Dagorne
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Rambeau
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Le Gall
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D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography