What is it about?
This is about a child who had a thin foreign body lodged between the vocal folds. Although a CT was done, the object was missed until the child had flexible laryngoscopy in the Emergency Room by an otolaryngologist.
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Why is it important?
Primary care health care providers need a high index of suspicion for airway foreign bodies because they can present subtly in children.
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This page is a summary of: Laryngeal Foreign Body Aspiration in Infancy: A Diagnostic Challenge, Cureus, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.60144.
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