[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.
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
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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