Unsuspected foreign bodies in the young child's esophagus presenting with respiratory symptoms.

The management of oesophageal foreign bodies and their complications

“…Case 3). Glass & Goodman (1966) report nine cases of unsuspected oesophageal foreign body in children under the age of 3 years in whom the presenting clinical features were persistent respiratory symptoms with oesophageal symptoms is only three of the cases.…”