Foreign body oesophagus in a neonate: A common occurrence at an uncommon age

• Auteurs principaux: Zameer Mohammed (Auteur), Kanojia Ravi (Auteur), Thapa B (Auteur), Rao K. L. N (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Neonatal ingestion of foreign body is a very uncommon occurrence. We describe a 25-day-old neonate who had a large-sized stone impacted in the cervical oesophagus. The stone was accidently lodged by one of the elder siblings while playing. The stone, after failure to be retrieved endoscopically, was...