HighlightsStridor due to impacted esophageal foreign body in infants is a well known entity. but often forgotten.Persistent stridor and upper −airway obstruction with no obvious cause should arouse the suspicion of the esophageal foreign body in infants.Impacted oesophageal foreign bodies are usually treated endoscopically. When this approach is either unfeasible or unsuccessful, as in the case presented here, open surgical removal may be mandatory.In children, prevention of foreign body ingestion is better than cure.
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