title: Esophageal diverticulum secondary to impacted foreign body.
abstract: We report a two year old child who developed a large esophageal diverticulum over a period of ten months following ingestion of a multispiked leaf of Quercus semicarpipholia. Though the endoscopic removal of foreign body was successful, it did not relieve the symptoms and patient required surgical resection of the diverticulum. Patient is asymptomatic after 4 months of follow up.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Cardiothoracic Surgery, India. kkrhdang@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harish
authors.forename: Ashu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamwal
authors.forename: Gurjeet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohli
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018515:Plant Leaves; D029963:Quercus