Case: Paediatric radiograph #15376342
Paediatric Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: James Heilman, MD via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Foreign body in the oesophagus
What to look for in foreign body in the oesophagus
- Circular en face coin on the AP, at the thoracic inlet.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): A coin seen on AP CXR in the esophargus ( a US [penny)
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
