Fatma Anjum¹, Apoorva Kumar Pandey²* and Rishabh Dogra³

¹MS (ENT), Senior Resident, Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
²MS (ENT), Professor and Head, Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
³MS (ENT), Assistant Professor, Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

*Corresponding Author: Apoorva Kumar Pandey, MS (ENT), Professor and Head, Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Received: August 11, 2023; Published: December 29, 2023

Abstract

A 4- year-old male child presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of vomiting with an alleged history of foreign body ingestion. A plain posteroanterior chest X-ray revealed a single circular opacity at the level of the cricopharynx consistent with an ingested coin. However, the x-ray neck lateral view was not consistent with coin ingestion due to the thickness observed. The child was planned for rigid oesophagoscopy and removal of foreign body. After the first coin was removed subsequent endoscopic examination revealed a second and third coin at the same location. This sporadic case of three ingested coins becoming impacted with perfect radiological alignment emphasizes the importance of thorough examination on endoscopy and the potential limitations of an X-ray in the initial assessment of an ingested foreign body.

 Keywords: Foreign Body (FB) Ingestion; Aerodigestive Tract; Coin

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Citation

Citation: Apoorva Kumar Pandey., et al. “A Rare Presentation of Impaction of Triple Coin Ingestion at the Level of Cricopharynx with Simultaneity of Site and Alignment: A Case Report".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 6.1 (2024): 18-21.

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