A Case of Esophageal Foreign Body Resulting in Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis in an Infant.
- Author:
Dong Il SUN
1
;
Kwang Jae CHO
;
Jung Hoon HONG
;
Min Sik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. entkms@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Esophagus;
Foreign body;
Vocal cord paralysis;
Infant
- MeSH:
Deglutition Disorders;
Eating;
Esophagus;
Foreign Bodies*;
Humans;
Infant*;
Vocal Cord Paralysis*;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2005;48(8):1064-1066
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Esophageal foreign bodies in infants are frequently obscured because of the non-specific symptoms and signs and the lack of historical clues. Infants in such cases often present vomiting, odynophagia, dysphagia or ptyalism without a history of foreign body ingestion. Recently we encountered a case of the vocal cord palsy caused by an esophageal foreign body which was found when studying the vocal cord palsy in an infant. We report this case with review of literature.
