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OBJECTIVE: Foreign body ingestion is a common clinical problem, encountered in children. METHODS: A total number of 104 patients with ingested foreign body admitted in our hospital are reviewed. Endoscopic removal was done for all foreign objects impacted in esophagus. RESULT: In 84.6% cases, history of having swallowed the foreign body was most common symptom. Majority of patients (61.53%) presented within 24 hours after ingestion of foreign body. Coins were the most frequent offending agents in children (87.5%). Seventy six cases of coins were impacted in the postcricoid region. Complications of retropharyngeal abscess was seen in two cases (1.92%), which was associated with sharp foreign body. CONCLUSION: Early removal of these sharp foreign bodies must be considered to reduce the risk of this complication.
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Esophagus , Foreign Bodies/diagnosis , Foreign Bodies/therapy , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Esophagoscopy , Female , Humans , Infant , MaleSubject(s)
Bronchi , Foreign Bodies/diagnosis , Trachea , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Foreign Bodies/complications , Humans , Male , Respiration Disorders/etiologyABSTRACT
Lipoma in retropharyngeal space is rare. A case of lipoma in the retropharyngeal space of a paediatric patient is reported with characteristic radiological findings along with surgical management.
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Lipoma , Pharyngeal Neoplasms , Child , Humans , Lipoma/diagnostic imaging , Lipoma/surgery , Male , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , RadiographyABSTRACT
A great variety of foreign bodies in the traeheohr onvhial tree have been reported, but presence of fractured tracheostomy tube as foreign body is ran1. Usually fractured pieces of outer tube are found in the bronchus or trachea near the carina, but occurence of inner tube in the upper part of the trachea is rare2 and one such case is presented here.
