Esophageal foreign body: a case of a neonate with stridor.
We present a case of a 7-week-old female with a 3-week history of progressively worsening stridor who was admitted to rule out a congenital anomaly in the airway or vasculature. After 3 different imaging modalities, we discovered an esophageal foreign body causing esophagitis and proximal airway compression.Young infants with symptoms of stridor, wheezing, or retractions will often have a common diagnosis such as a viral infectious etiology, or in rarer cases an anatomic anomaly. This case illustrates that the presence of a foreign body must still remain on the differential, even in this age group.
Kim
Nahmah
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Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Atkinson
Norrell
N
Manicone
Paul
P
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed