This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Virgilis, D.
Right arrow Articles by Kerem, E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Virgilis, D.
Right arrow Articles by Kerem, E.
Related Collections
Right arrow Dentistry & Otolaryngology

PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 6 June 2001, p. e101

ELECTRONIC ARTICLE:
Vocal Cord Paralysis Secondary to Impacted Esophageal Foreign Bodies in Young Children

Received Oct 9, 2000; accepted Jan 26, 2001.

Dov Virgilis*, Jeffrey M. WeinbergerDagger , Drora Fisher§, Shmuel Goldberg*, Elie Picard*, and Eitan Kerem*

From the Departments of * Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Dagger  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and § Pediatric Radiology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

Impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus can result in respiratory symptoms including stridor and aphonia. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these symptoms, but the possibility of vocal cord paralysis and its cause has not been adequately emphasized.

Two cases of young children with esophageal foreign body are described; both presented with respiratory symptoms, 1 with aphonia and the other with stridor. In both cases, the symptoms were secondary to vocal cord paralysis. A possible mechanism of recurrent nerve injury is proposed.

 Key words:  esophageal foreign body, vocal cord paralysis, recurrent nerve injury, respiratory symptoms.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Focus Autism Other Dev DisablHome page
L. N. Stiegler
Understanding Pica Behavior: A Review for Clinical and Education Professionals
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, January 1, 2005; 20(1): 27 - 38.
[Abstract] [PDF]