[The radiolucent esophageal foreign body in children (author's transl)].

The symptoms of radiolucent esophageal foreign bodies in small children may be predominantly respiratory with stridor and dyspnea. In a 1 3/12 years old girl who suffered from inspiratory stridor and only later from dysphagia as well this diagnosis was delayed for 2.5 months. Air in the upper part of the esophagus was the first striking roentgenologic symptom of the foreign body which was then clearly outlined by a barium swallow examination. The foreign body was a plastic lid of a candy tube.