Letter to the Editor: An unusual foreign body: A pendant

Madam, a 12-year-old female presented to the emergency room with a complaint of swallowing a pendant two hours ago. She had vomiting, nausea, hypersalivation and dysphagia since then. During anamnesis, she had swallowed her pendant while talking and joking with friends. There was no history of psychiatric disease. On admission her vital signs were normal. Subcutaneous amphizem was not observed during physical examination of the neck. The oropharynx and lungs were normal. A swallowed radiolucent object (pendant) was visible in the upper esophagus (Figure-1). The pendant in esophagus of the patient was removed endoscopically and the patient was discharged 2 days later.