A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction

Abstract Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children; blunt objects occur most frequently, and coins are the most common culprit. Rarely does coin ingestion lead to serious consequences other than esophageal impaction. In this report, we present the case of a healthy 3‐year‐old boy who de...

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Main Authors:	Andrew Pugh, Jeff Schunk, Sydney Ryan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:	Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Subjects:	coin ingestion endoscopic retrieval foreign body ingestion gastric obstruction gastroenterology pediatrics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12382

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spelling	doaj-366bb17fdd564d91b31e49600cf689232021-02-25T15:52:37ZengWileyJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open2688-11522021-02-0121n/an/a10.1002/emp2.12382A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impactionAndrew Pugh0Jeff Schunk1Sydney Ryan2Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery University of Utah Salt Lake Utah USADivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake Utah USADivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake Utah USAAbstract Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children; blunt objects occur most frequently, and coins are the most common culprit. Rarely does coin ingestion lead to serious consequences other than esophageal impaction. In this report, we present the case of a healthy 3‐year‐old boy who developed rapid obstructive symptoms after the ingestion of a coin that required endoscopic retrieval from the stomach. Obstruction attributed to an ingested coin once post‐esophageal is a rare complication of a relatively common presenting complaint.https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12382coin ingestionendoscopic retrievalforeign body ingestiongastric obstructiongastroenterologypediatrics
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spellingShingle	Andrew Pugh Jeff Schunk Sydney Ryan A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open coin ingestion endoscopic retrieval foreign body ingestion gastric obstruction gastroenterology pediatrics
author_facet	Andrew Pugh Jeff Schunk Sydney Ryan
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title	A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
title_short	A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
title_full	A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
title_fullStr	A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
title_full_unstemmed	A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
title_sort	3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction
publisher	Wiley
series	Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
issn	2688-1152
publishDate	2021-02-01
description	Abstract Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children; blunt objects occur most frequently, and coins are the most common culprit. Rarely does coin ingestion lead to serious consequences other than esophageal impaction. In this report, we present the case of a healthy 3‐year‐old boy who developed rapid obstructive symptoms after the ingestion of a coin that required endoscopic retrieval from the stomach. Obstruction attributed to an ingested coin once post‐esophageal is a rare complication of a relatively common presenting complaint.
topic	coin ingestion endoscopic retrieval foreign body ingestion gastric obstruction gastroenterology pediatrics
url	https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12382
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A 3‐year‐old boy with rapid obstructive symptoms secondary to coin ingestion and gastric impaction

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