SAEM Clinical Image Series: Foreign Body Ingestion
History of Present Illness:
A 4-year-old male presents to the Pediatric ED for evaluation of swallowed foreign body.
The mother reports the patient was at his grandmother’s house playing near a cabinet when they witnessed him put a small unknown object in his mouth and swallow. Family denies vomiting, difficulty breathing, change in behavior, abdominal pain, or any additional symptoms at this time.