Abstract
The patient was an 8 month-old boy with history of 1 month of persistent stridor. He consulted multiple times to the emergency department with no improvement. He had to normal chest x-rays. Because of persistent symptoms he underwent a brocoscopy that visualized a tracheal compression and a foreign body in the esophagus. The patient was transferred to de operating room for a gastroscopy and uneventful removal of an acrylic nail. He remained asymptomatic. Unvisualized ingestion of a radiolucent foreign body has to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Key words
Stridor; foreign body; infante; esophagus.

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