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Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies: Multimedia
Updated: Mar 3, 2009
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![]() | Media file 1: Impacted esophageal coin in the thoracic inlet in a 2-year-old child. Note the coronal alignment on this posteroanterior (PA) radiograph that is suggestive of an esophageal location. |
![]() | Media file 2: Lateral radiograph of impacted esophageal coin in the thoracic inlet of a 2-year-old child. |
![]() | Media file 3: A 3-year-old girl with a buffalo-shaped pendant lodged in the esophagus at the thoracic inlet. |
![]() | Media file 4: A 7-month-old child with broken razor blade (yellow arrow) lodged at the thoracic inlet of the esophagus. |
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