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Foreign body oesophagus, specially, coin is not very uncommon in children. But an undiagnosed old foreign body (coin) presented with growth retardation and swallowing in a peculiar posture, which has to be removed by thoracotomy—a case report.
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Dutta, S.K., Ghosh, S.N., Munsi, D.M. et al. Growth retardation due to undiagnosed foreign body oesophagus. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 162–163 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907681
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