Image Case:Extraction of an Impacted Coin in Upper Esophagus in 3 Years Old Female | ||
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||
| Article 7, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2012, Pages 132-132 PDF (51.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2012.16067 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed I Radwan* ; Mohamed H Emara | ||
| Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A 3-year-old female swallowed a large metallic coin (one Egyptian pound; the largest coin in Egypt). Laryngeal examination failed to demonstrate the coin and serial X ray films showed the coin impacted in the upper esophagus. Extraction under general anesthesia was done 5 days after swallowing. Areas of pressure necrosis at the site of impaction, as well as changes in the coin were noticed. | ||
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