Esophageal foreign body causing sustained stridor in an infant.

The patient was an 8-month-old boy with a 2-month history of stridor. Initially, he had been diagnosed with bronchitis and/or asthma and treated with antibiotics, a β-antagonist and a leukotriene antagonist, but his symptoms were not relieved. An enhanced computed tomography scan showed a gas filled mass and tracheal compression above the level of the aortic arch, and barium swallow revealed an approximately 3 cm mass with irregular surface. Endoscopic examination showed a yellow foreign body (FB) with surrounding granulation tissue. The FB was removed surgically. Postoperative bronchoscopy showed improvement of tracheal compression. The patient had an uneventful recovery with disappearance of his stridor.