Citation

Halit V, Günaydin S. Acta Gastroenterol. Belg. 1993; 56(5-6): 359-360.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Universa Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8140853

Abstract

Swallowed and inhaled foreign bodies in children under 5 years of age are common and considered serious causes of morbidity and mortality. However such occurrence is uncommon in infants and newborns. The current report deals with a strange object lodged in the oesophagus of a 20-day-old male newborn.

Language: en