Citation

Cass DT, Lai B. J. Paediatr. Child Health 1993; 29(3): 239-240.

Affiliation

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8518012

Abstract

An unusual consequence of an initially asymptomatic coin ingestion is described to alert paediatricians that coins are not always innocuous. The case illustrates the need to investigate subtle but persistent symptoms, and also describes the surgical approach to coins that erode through the oesophageal wall.

Language: en