Citation

Virgilis D, Weinberger JM, Fisher D, Goldberg S, Picard E, Kerem E. Pediatrics 2001; 107(6): E101.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Academy of Pediatrics)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11389299

Abstract

Impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus can result in respiratory symptoms including stridor and aphonia. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these symptoms, but the possibility of vocal cord paralysis and its cause has not been adequately emphasized. Two cases of young children with esophageal foreign body are described; both presented with respiratory symptoms, 1 with aphonia and the other with stridor. In both cases, the symptoms were secondary to vocal cord paralysis. A possible mechanism of recurrent nerve injury is proposed.