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Unusual Cause of Relapsing Laryngotracheobronchitis


Authors: D. Bulla
Authors‘ workplace: ORL oddelenie Nemocnice a. s. Hranice, prim. MUDr. J. Jablonský
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, , 1999, No. 1, pp. 41-43.
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Overview

The author describes a case of a chronic foreign body in the oesophagus ina 33-month-old child who since the age of 15 months when an acute attack occurred had relapses oflaryngitis and tracheobronchitis, which were usually afebrile. Despite repeated antibiotic treatmentimprovement did not occur. Only endoscopic examination indicated by the ENT specialist revealedthe cause - a wedged synthetic button at the borderline of the upper and middle third of theoesophagus.

Key words:
foreign body in the oesophagus, chronic foreign body, relapsing laryngotracheo-bronchitis, endoscopy.

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