Pamidronate for long-term control of hypercalcemia associated with Williams syndrome.

Retained esophageal foreign bodies are uncommon in pediatric practice and they should be endoscopically removed as soon as possible. In our patient, the appropriate management for coin ingestion was not done at the time of ingestion and thus led to retained foreign body and stricture formation. Esophageal stricture resulting from a long-standing lodgment of metallic foreign bodies has been reported earlier [3,4]. As retained esophageal foreign body can lead to stricture, a timely appropriate management should be done at the time of ingestion. *MOHIT KEHAR AND #MALAY SHARMA Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Institute of Child Health , Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi; and #Jaswant Rai hospital, Meerut, UP. *[email protected]. REFERENCES