A 14-year-old boy presents with Hoarseness after swallowing a coin. Explore the diagnosis, management, and indications for urgent removal of an airway foreign body.
A healthy 14-year-old boy presented with a 6-hour history of hoarseness and difficulty swallowing after accidentally swallowing a coin. On physical examination, the patient was breathing comfortably without stridor or drooling. Radiographs of the chest (left, posteroanterior view) and neck (right, lateral view) showed a rounded radiopaque foreign object situated vertically within the subglottis. Which of the following is NOT an indication for urgent removal for this diagnosis?
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Foreign-body Aspiration, Ingestion of an object less than 5cm in length, Pediatric Emergency, Rigid Bronchoscopy, Subglottic Foreign Body
