title: [Persistent dysphonia showing a laryngeal foreign body in a child].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inhalation of a laryngotracheobronchial foreign body is a common pediatric emergency situation. It is a source of morbidity and even mortality, especially among children under 3 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 14-month-old child presented suddenly combining bitonal dysphonia and dyspnea. Given the persistence of symptoms after 1.5 months and the normality of examinations requested by his doctor (pH, cervical ultrasonography, cervical and thoracic radiography), an ENT opinion was sought. An aerodigestive tract endoscopy was carried out in the emergency setting, finding a glottic foreign body associated with subglottic granulomas. The foreign body extraction led to the immediate disappearance of dyspnea. Dysphonia gradually improved under Budesonide aerosols.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lack of penetration syndrome in the interrogation and non specific symptoms may lead to an important diagnosis and treatment delay with dramatic consequences in case of airway foreign body. Endoscopy under general anesthesia must be practiced if there is any doubt for a thorough examination of the airways.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et CCF pédiatrique, CHU Gatien-de-Clocheville, boulevard Béranger, 37044 Tours cedex, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hammoudi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakhos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bakhos-Merieau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pondaven
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lescanne
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D055154:Dysphonia / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male