Abstract
Two pediatric patients are presented with progressive dysphagia due to esophageal strictures secondary to unrecognized foreign bodies. Diverticula were present above the strictures.
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Herman, T.E., McAlister, W.H. Esophageal diverticula in childhood associated with strictures from unsuspected foreign bodies of the esophagus. Pediatr Radiol 21, 410–412 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02026674
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