Abstract
A foreign body in the esophagus of a four-day-old male baby is presented. Since self-introduction of a foreign body is impossible at this age, the accident was considered to be the result of a form of neglect.
Keywords: negligence, esophagus, foreign body
Copyright and license
Copyright © 1989 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite
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Doğruyol H, Gürpınar AN. A foreign body in a four-day-old infant’s esophagus: a case of negligence. Turk J Pediatr 1989; 31: 163-166. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.1989.3842
