Marble in Oesophagus of Neonate: A Unique and Unprecedented Case Report

Authors

  • H.N. Sayyed Ehtesham Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
  • Mohammed Haneef Beg Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
  • Azam Haseen Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
  • Sadik Akhtar Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-8687.2015.03.01.5

Keywords:

FB, foreign body.

Abstract

One of the most serious causes of morbidity and mortality in children below 5 years of age are swallowed and inhaled foreign bodies. Children of age 5month – 8years are at vary high risk of foreign body ingestion. Ingestion of foreign body in neonatal period is although rare. We here by describe a 21-day-old neonate who had a large sized spherical glass marble impacted in the cervical oesophagus for a long period. The foreign body was successfully removed by rigid oesophagoscopy. The case is discussed as it was first large sized spherical glass marble to be impacted and removed from cervical oesophagus of a neonate which has not been earlier reported in world English literature. 

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2015-03-24

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Ehtesham, H. S., Beg, M. H., Haseen, A., & Akhtar, S. (2015). Marble in Oesophagus of Neonate: A Unique and Unprecedented Case Report. International Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health, 3(1), 31–34. https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-8687.2015.03.01.5

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