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Case Reports
. 1991;21(6):406-8; discussion 9.
doi: 10.1007/BF02026672.

Esophageal foreign bodies in children with vascular ring or aberrant right subclavian artery: coincidence or causation?

G Currarino  1 , H Nikaidoh
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Esophageal foreign bodies in children with vascular ring or aberrant right subclavian artery: coincidence or causation?

G Currarino et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1991.

Abstract

This is the report of 4 children, 2 with a vascular ring and 2 with an aberrant right subclavian artery, who presented with an esophageal foreign body in the proximal esophagus above the level of the vascular anomaly. A deep erosion of the esophagus at the site of the foreign body was demonstrated in 2 patients.

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