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Radiological Case of the Month
Robert W. Arnold, MD;
Alan D. Hoffman, MD;
W. Mark Brutinel, MD;
Lionel W. Young, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1987;141(12):1325-1326.
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An 8-year 11-month-old girl was examined in the Emergency Department of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, after five hours of intermittent choking, coughing, and acute aphonia. These symptoms occurred suddenly while the girl was grooming her "Barbie" doll. She was rushed to the local hospital's emergency department. The girl was aphonic and drooling, but indirect laryngoscopy yielded apparently normal findings. Vital signs and respirations were stable. She was treated with oxygen by mask and transferred by ambulance to the clinic.
Coughing and/or choking had stopped, but she continued to drool. She was alert, with good color, and afebrile, with vital signs and respirations remaining stable. Her face and neck showed no signs of injury or disease. Occasional inspiratory stridor was exacerbated by lying supine. Rhonchi were auscultated over the lower portion of the left lung. She had not been taking any medications. There were no known allergies, but a few weeks
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Author Affiliations
Contributors; Section Editor
Contributed from the Department of Opthalmology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Dr Arnold), the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (Dr Hoffman) and the Division of Thoracic Diseases (Dr Brutinel), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 29, 1987.
Reprint requests to Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 281 Locust St, Akron, Ohio 44308 (Dr Young).
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