title: Upper oesophageal foreign body with acute respiratory distress.
abstract: Foreign body (FB) ingestion, a common and serious problem in children can present with a wide variety of symptoms. Oesophageal FB leading to severe acute respiratory distress is uncommon and requires urgent surgical intervenetion. We report an 8-month-old female child who presented with severe respiratory distress to casualty and was found to have a FB in her upper oesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Shasanka Shekhar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Meely
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srinivas
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome