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The type of impacted objects. A BIC pen and a 100 FCFA coin.
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Chest X-ray of the boy at the time of the incident. The foreign body is visible in the chest. There is massive right pleural effusion and sign of esophageal perforation.
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His chest X-ray revealed a foreign body in the esophagus and a massive right pleural effusion (Figure 2).
Chest X-ray one month later. This picture was taken the day of his arrival at our hospital. The empyema is loculated, the foreign body is still present in the chest, and the radiological signs of esophageal perforation are more obvious.
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The chest X-ray showed a massive loculated empyema on the right with an ipsilateral foreign body in the upper chest, which appeared to be in the esophagus (Figure 3).
Surgical incision of the posterior thoracotomy in the baby boy one month after the surgery.
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Figures 4 and 5 show, respectively, the posterior thoracotomy scar and the control chest X-ray at one month.
Chest X-ray, control one month after the surgery in the baby boy.
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Figures 4 and 5 show, respectively, the posterior thoracotomy scar and the control chest X-ray at one month.
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The type of impacted objects. A BIC pen and a 100 FCFA coin.
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Chest X-ray of the 6 Y/O girl after the incident. Massive pleural effusion and air fluid level; foreign body in the right chest at the anatomical site of the esophagus and radiological signs of perforation.
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The child was taken to a tertiary hospital in Douala (Cameroon) three days after the accident, where a chest radiograph and CT scan revealed a massive right empyema (Figure 6).
Chest X-ray of the same girl 12 days after admission, loculated empyema, and foreign body at almost the same position.
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The chest radiograph done on the day she arrived our casualty unit is shown in Figure 7.
(a) and (b) Esophagogram of the girl 2 months after surgery. There are no leaks. The esophagus appeared normal.
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Two weeks after discharge, she began running a low-grade intermittent fever for which we requested an esophagogram (Figures 8(a) and 8(b)).
Chest X-ray: control at one year after both surgeries in the 6 Y/O girl.
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The chest radiograph one year after the surgery is shown on Figure 9 and is almost normal.