title: Growth retardation due to undiagnosed foreign body oesophagus.
abstract: Foreign body oesophagus, specially, coin is not very uncommon in children. But an undiagnosed old foreign body (coin) presented with growth retardation and swallowing in a peculiar posture, which has to be removed by thoracotomy-a case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and NHS, NBMCH, West Bengal.
authors.forename: Sumanta Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Munsi
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Giri
keywords: Growth retardation; oesophageal pouch; thoracotomy; undiagnosed FB oesophagus