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. 2022 Nov 10;3(6):e12847.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.12847. eCollection 2022 Dec.

A 16-year-old boy with throat pain

Katherine Bruce  1 , Shamon Gumbs  2 , Chazine Francis  3 , Sheri-Dawn Cunningham  3 , Alexie Puran  1
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A 16-year-old boy with throat pain

Katherine Bruce et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Lateral neck radiograph without evidence of esophageal or tracheal dilatation. L, left
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Chest radiograph, posterior‐anterior (A) (B) and lateral views (C) depicting a linear density overlying the trachea at the level of the clavicular heads (yellow arrow). L, left
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
A 2‐cm, metallic, sharp‐edged foreign body embedded in the mucosa of the mid‐esophagus and extracted during endoscopy
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