title: Oesophageal foreign body: an unusual presentation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes and discusses the case of an oesophageal foreign body, in which the patient presented with primarily respiratory clinical signs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 17-month-old child, who had ingested a watch battery, presented to emergency services on multiple occasions with upper respiratory tract symptoms. Subsequent radiographs showed the battery in the oesophagus impinging on the trachea. The battery was removed successfully under a general anaesthetic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Large oesophageal foreign bodies can impinge on the trachea causing upper respiratory tract signs. In such cases, anteroposterior and lateral chest films are imperative to make a correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oyewole
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Ipswich Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Ipswich Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilger
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D011859:Radiography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome