Abstract
Per oral bouginage of the esophagus for coin lodgement in children is a safe and simple mode of therapy. However, our experience with chronically ingested coins, multiple coins ingestion, and ingestion with preexisting esophageal pathology illustrate the potential hazards of such a practice. Intramural perforation, subacute mediastinitis, tracheoesophageal fistula, and long-term residual injury to the esophagus hallmark such cases. We believe that only acutely ingested coins, and only a single coin, can be treated safely by means of "blind" bouginage, provided that no preexisting esophageal disease is present.
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