Plastmønt i øsofagus hos en etårig med langvarige symptomer på fejlsynkning og recidiverende pneumonier

Oesophageal foreign body ingestion in children, who do not present with acute symptoms, can be difficult to diagnose, especially if ingestion is unwitnessed. This is a case report of a one-year-old girl with long-term aerodigestive symptoms, primarily treated for pneumonia and asthma with uncertain efficacy. After eight months, a broncho-oesophagoscopy was performed, and it unexpectedly revealed a plastic coin embedded in the oesophageal wall. Removal was successful with rigid oesophagoscopy. In children with unresolved aerodigestive symptoms broncho-oesophagoscopy should be considered.