(1) Children Pulmonary Unit, Assaf Harofeh Hospital, Tel-Aviv, University, Zerifin, Israel;(2) Department of Pediatrics B, Assaf Harofeh Hospital, Tel-Aviv, University, Zerifin, Israel
Abstract:
A foreign body in the oesophagus caused severe respiratory distress and stridor but without apparent dysphagia. If an earlier diagnosis had been made, it is probable that employed tracheostomy would not have been necessary.