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Case Reports
. 1986;16(6):511-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF02387970.

Delayed diagnosis of esophageal perforation by aluminum foreign bodies

K D Eggli, B M Potter, V Garcia, R P Altman, D L Breckbill
Case Reports

Delayed diagnosis of esophageal perforation by aluminum foreign bodies

K D Eggli et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1986.

Abstract

Two pediatric patients presented with long-term respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints after swallowing aluminum poptops. The delay in diagnosis was due in part to poor appreciation of the relative radiolucency of aluminum.

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