title: Unusual Foreign Bodies in the Respiratory Tract of Children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diagnosis of a foreign body without history of aspiration has always been a challenge to pediatricians.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four cases presented with non-relieving acute or chronic history of respiratory symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  All of them had unusual types of foreign bodies-plastic flower toy, button, sticker or stone in their respiratory tract.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All four patients improved after removal of the foreign body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A differential diagnosis of foreign body should always be made in an acute or chronic presentation of respiratory cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Bapuji Child Health Institute and Research Center; and *Department of ENT, JJMMC; Davangere, Karnataka, India. Correspondence to: Dr Bharat Kansal, Department of Pediatrics, Bapuji Child Health Institute and Research Center, JJMMC, Davangere, Karnataka - 577004. bharat100989@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kansal
authors.forename: K Mallikarjuna
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Swamy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Basanth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging